CAMERA SYSTEM

摘要

Each of multiple cameras encodes and transmits a video signal captured, the encoding being performed with one of multiple variable bit rate encoding schemes each of which has a different average bit rate. A receiving device periodically measures the total bandwidth of the video signals received from the multiple cameras, and when the total bandwidth exceeds a first threshold value the receiving device switches the encoding scheme used by the cameras to a scheme having a lower average bit rate. In addition, when the total bandwidth falls below a second threshold value that is equal to or less than the first threshold value, the receiving device switches the encoding scheme used by the cameras to a scheme having a higher average bit rate.

主权项

1. A method for controlling a camera system, the method comprising:
receiving video signals from one or more cameras via network, each of the video signals being encoded with one of a plurality of encoding schemes; providing, to the one or more cameras via network, a first signal if a total bandwidth of the video signals is above a first threshold value; and providing, to the one or more cameras via network, a second signal if the total bandwidth is below a second threshold value, wherein the first signal is provided to change an encoding scheme in use to another encoding scheme using lower bit rate; and the second signal is provided to change an encoding scheme in use to another encoding scheme using higher bit rate.