Patent ID: 9641771
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A relay apparatus for selecting packetized video data provided from a plurality of camera apparatuses, comprising: a receiving unit to receive the packetized video data from the plurality of camera apparatuses; an analyzing unit to determine if selected packetized video data from a particular one of the plurality of camera apparatuses is to be switched to a selected destination address based on a control signal, the control signal provided for selecting desired video data and for selecting the destination address; and a switch unit to select and output the selected packetized video data to a destination corresponding to the selected destination address on a frame basis, such that if the selected destination address is changed when a received packet of video data is not a predetermined packet in a frame, the switch unit does not output the packetized video data to a changed destination until the predetermined packet is received.