Patent ID: 9743047
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G08B,H04N

Claim:
1. A network camera, comprising: an event detector configured to detect an event; an image sensor configured to capture an image in response to the detected event; a storage configured to store image data of the captured image; a transceiver configured to transmit and receive the image data over a network; a controller configured to control the event detector, the image sensor, the storage, and the transceiver, to select a single network mode from among a plurality of network modes based on whether power is supplied from an outside, and to configure the network based on the selected network mode; and a power source configured to supply the power to the event detector, the image sensor, the storage, the transceiver, and the controller, wherein the transceiver comprises a first sub-transceiver for a low-power and low-speed network and a second sub-transceiver for a high-power and high-speed network, wherein the first sub-transceiver transmits a beacon message indicating a state of the network camera to at least one of neighboring network camera, wherein the beacon message includes information on a residual battery amount of the at least one of neighboring network camera, wherein the controller selectively adopts a path based on the information on the residual battery amount of the at least one of neighboring network camera.