Patent ID: 8564677

Claim:
A network camera, comprising: a mainboard system comprising a system-on-chip, the system-on-chip being configured for encoding video files captured by the network camera; and an audio/video capture system comprising: an image sensor for detecting image and video information of a monitoring location; a bus switch interconnected between the system-on-chip and the image sensor, the bus switch having an on state wherein the system-on-chip is electrically connected to the image sensor, and an off state wherein the system-on-chip is not electrically connected to the image sensor; a voltage level switch electrically connected to the system-on-chip, the voltage level switch having a high voltage level state and a low voltage level state, the system-on-chip capable of sending instructions to turn on and turn off the bus switch according to the voltage level state of the voltage level switch; and an EEPROM configured for storing setting parameters of the image sensor, the EEPROM being selectively electrically connected to the system-on-chip through the bus switch, the on state of the bus switch corresponding to connection between the system-on-chip and the EEPROM and the off state of the bus switch corresponding to disconnection between the system-on-chip and the EEPROM.