Patent ID: 6292098
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: G08B,H04N

Abstract:
A surveillance system that monitors transfer of data comprising:an input node capturing a state of an item to be monitored;an outputting information representing said state of said item to be monitored;a control node controlling said input node and said output node; anda network transferring data between said input node, said output node, and said control node;wherein said control node determines a transfer capacity for a first type of data to be transferred uniformly over time, a total of said transfer capacity being no greater than a prescribed amount smaller than a total transfer capacity of said network;if said input node, said output node, of said control node performs transfer of said first type of data, said data is transferred at a transfer rate corresponding to said determined transfer capacity; andif said input node, said output node, or said control node performs transfer of a second type of data for non-uniform transfer over time, said data is transferred at a transfer rate corresponding to an available capacity of said network.