Wireless video monitoring on a mobile device

摘要

A mobile device management system including a method for monitoring a remote video camera and event scheduling, synchronization and modification using location information. Video from a remote camera is encoded by a computer and streamed in real time over a network to a mobile device for decoding and display. The computer encoder and mobile device decoder are software-based. Event calendar and schedule information is incorporated, shared and automatically updated among multiple mobile devices. Location information, such as from a locator network or a satellite-based global positioning system, is used to provide real time updates to a mobile device calendar or event schedule. A map or other indicia of the location of other mobile devices may be provided.

主权项

1. A wireless video monitoring system comprising:
a camera for capturing a live video image; a computer coupled to the camera and comprising a software-based video encoder for encoding and streaming the video image and a software-based video decoder for decoding camera control information encoded in a video compression protocol; and a mobile device comprising another software-based video decoder for receiving, decoding and displaying the video image and another software-based video encoder for encoding the camera control information in the video-compression protocol, the mobile device transmitting the video compressed encoded camera control information to the computer for full duplex video operation, and the mobile device not having a dedicated hardware-based video decoder, wherein the video images are encoded by the computer as multi-packet MPEG frames and are streamed sequentially to the mobile device, the mobile device decodes and completes assembly of each received complete multi-packet frame before signaling the computer with a one byte header to send the next multi-packet frame, and the software-based video decoder for decoding camera control information encoded in a video compression protocol is based on software different from the software on which the another software-based video encoder for encoding the camera control information in the video-compression protocol is based.