发明名称 Monitoring camera and operation method thereof
摘要 A monitoring camera and an operation method thereof are provided. The monitoring camera includes a light sensor, a voltage comparing unit and a reference voltage generating unit. The light sensor senses an environment brightness of the monitoring camera and generates an induced current accordingly. The voltage comparing unit generates a sensing voltage according to the induced current and compares the sensing voltage and a reference voltage to obtain a first comparison result, so that the monitoring camera can determine whether to perform at least one of a plurality of mode switching operations according to the first comparison result. The reference voltage generating unit outputs the first reference voltage and determines whether to reduce the first reference voltage according to the first comparison result.
申请公布号 US8811810(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.08.19
申请号 US201213346859 申请日期 2012.01.10
申请人 Alpha Networks Inc. 发明人 Lo Chung-Ming
分类号 G03B7/00;H04N5/235;H04N5/238;H04N5/232 主分类号 G03B7/00
代理机构 WPAT, PC 代理人 WPAT, PC ;King Justin
主权项 1. A monitoring camera comprising: a light sensor for sensing an environment brightness of the monitoring camera and generating an induced current accordingly; a voltage comparing unit, electrically connected to the light sensor for generating a sensing voltage according to the induced current correspondingly and generating a first comparison result according to a comparison between the sensing voltage and a first reference voltage, so that the monitoring camera can determine whether to perform at least one of a plurality of mode switching operations according to the first comparison result; and a reference voltage generating unit for outputting the first reference voltage and determining whether to reduce the first reference voltage according to the first comparison result; wherein the mode switching operations comprise an IR emission operation, an IR-cut filter switching operation and a black/white image mode switching operation, and when the first comparison result indicates that the sensing voltage is lower than the first reference voltage, the monitoring camera performs one of the IR emission operation, the IR-cut filter switching operation and the black/white image mode switching operation accordingly, and the reference voltage generating unit reduces the first reference voltage, so as to form a second reference voltage.
地址 Hsinchu TW