Patent ID: 8159533
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A surveillance camera capable of recording color or monochrome images based on time settings comprising: a sensing module having an image input to capture original images, and the sensing module transforming the original images into digital image signals, storing a predetermined light level and outputting a day signal or a night signal according to a variation between light level of the original images and the predetermined light level; a micro-control unit (MCU) connected to the sensing module and storing multiple time settings and a smart timer process, and the MCU executing the smart timer process to operate the surveillance camera in a color mode, a monochrome mode or an auto mode based on the time settings, wherein the surveillance camera records color images in the color mode, records monochrome images in the monochrome mode, and records color images or monochrome images based on the day signal or the night signal in the auto mode; and a real-time clock (RTC) unit connected to the MCU to provide timer pulses to the MCU so the MCU switches modes of the surveillance camera according to the time settings.