Patent ID: 9479354
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06K,G08B,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A monitoring camera system comprising: a monitoring camera; a master device that, in operation, performs wireless communication with the monitoring camera and is connected to a fixed telephone network to communicate with other fixed telephones; and a smartphone including a touch screen, wherein the smartphone is connectable to a mobile phone network to communicate with other mobile telephones and is wirelessly communicable, via a wireless router, with the master device, wherein the smartphone, when the wireless router is not registered at the master device, displays a prompt screen configured to prompt a user to perform a defined operation on the master device, and waits for a signal from the master device, the master device, in response to the defined operation performed thereon, wirelessly connects directly with the smartphone and transmits a setup request signal to the smartphone, the smartphone, when receiving the setup request signal, wirelessly connects with the wireless router and obtains router setup information from the wireless router, and wirelessly connects with the master device and transmits the router setup information to the master device, the master device registers the wireless router based on the router setup information and wirelessly connects with the registered wireless router, the smartphone, when receiving a user operation that instructs image display, transmits information regarding the user operation, via the registered wireless router, to the master device, and the master device, based on the information regarding the user operation, transmits image data from the monitoring camera, via the registered wireless router, to the smartphone.