Patent ID: 6980232
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An Internet camera that captures images of an object and transmits image data to a predetermined site on the Internet, comprising: an image capturing device that captures images and converts the captured images into digital data; a storage device that stores digital data corresponding to the captured images in a form of image data files, respectively; a memory that stores schedule data which includes a plurality of schedule scripts; a network interface connected to the Internet; a data transfer client that controls the network interface to transfer the image data file to said predetermined site on the Internet; a schedule merging device that merges said plurality of schedule scripts into a merged schedule; and a controller that controls said image capturing device to capture images in accordance with the merged schedule, and controls said data transfer client to transfer the image data file corresponding to the captured image in accordance with the merged schedule to said predetermined site.