Patent ID: 7962945

Claim:
A method for sending image signal data from a camera to a CCTV network, comprising: receiving images via a camera lens and image sensor; outputting image signal data corresponding to the images received; receiving video signals corresponding to views from outside the camera via an video input connector; outputting image signal data corresponding to the video signals received via the video input connector; storing the image signal data corresponding to the images received by the image sensor, or the image signal data corresponding to the video signals received by the video input connector, in a storage device of the camera; connecting, via a network adapter, to an internet-protocol address corresponding to a network device capable of serving files; and selectively transmitting image signal data corresponding to the images received by the image sensor, or image signal data corresponding to the video signals received by the video input connector, from the storage device of the camera to the network device via the network adapter and the internet-protocol address.