Patent ID: 9538022
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for applying cloud-based time-lapse imaging systems, comprising: receiving, by a camera device, a recording command, wherein the camera comprises no memory module; obtaining, by the camera device, a start time, an end time, and a first time interval by analyzing the recording command; capturing, by the camera device, a first image set, wherein the first image set comprises at least two still images, and wherein the step of capturing comprises the sub-steps of: retrieving, by the remote server, a second image set stored in the memory module in accordance with a play request, submitted from a remote display device to the remote server at an interim time, wherein the interim time is after the start time but before the end time, and wherein the second image set comprises multiple still images in the first image set obtained before the interim time; merging, by the remote server, the second image set into a time-lapse video playing the multiple still images at a second time interval, wherein the second time interval is less than the first time interval; transmitting, by the remote server, the time-lapse video to the remote display device; and displaying, by the remote display device, the time-lapse video.