公开(公告)号：US07665114B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-16

申请号：US10482127

申请日：2002-06-25

申请人： Israel Safran ,  Mordechai Shabtai ,  Mordekhay Dor-On ,  Fredrick Mark Manasseh

发明人： Israel Safran ,  Mordechai Shabtai ,  Mordekhay Dor-On ,  Fredrick Mark Manasseh

IPC分类号： H04N5/222 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N7/181

摘要： A system and method for scalably monitoring and/or recording video data, preferably through a distributed network such as a computer network for example. The system and method of the present invention are characterized by the separation of functions, preferably into separate modules, for accessing the monitored and/or recorded data, and/or for accessing different hardware and/or software components of the system. This separation optionally and preferably is performed by restricting access to each of a plurality of layers or hierarchical levels in succession, such that access to the next layer or level is more preferably not permitted until access to a previous layer or level is approved. The system and method of the present invention also preferably provides security through this separation of functions. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a system and method for optionally adding the capability for monitoring and/or recording at least one type of media to an existing monitoring/recording system, as an “upgrade”. This preferred embodiment of the present invention may optionally and preferably be combined with the previously described system and method for scalably monitoring and/or recording video data.

摘要翻译： 优选地通过诸如计算机网络的分布式网络可扩展地监视和/或记录视频数据的系统和方法。 本发明的系统和方法的特征在于，功能的分离，优选地分成用于访问所监视和/或记录的数据和/或用于访问系统的不同硬件和/或软件组件的单独的模块。 这种分离可选地并且优选地通过连续地限制对多个层或层次级别中的每一个的访问来执行，使得在对前一层或级别的访问被批准之前更优选地不允许对下一层或级别的访问。 本发明的系统和方法还优选通过功能分离来提供安全性。 根据本发明的优选实施例，还提供了一种系统和方法，用于可选地将用于监视和/或记录至少一种类型的媒体的能力添加到现有监视/记录系统中作为“升级”。 本发明的该优选实施例可以可选地并且优选地与先前描述的用于可扩展地监视和/或记录视频数据的系统和方法组合。