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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Shanghai Xiaoyi Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHANGHAI XIAOYI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shanghai, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); G06F 13/1642 (2013.01); H04N 5/232061 (2018.08); H04N 5/247 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for controlling imaging devices are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, an apparatus for controlling a plurality of imaging devices includes a receiving unit configured to receive user commands for controlling the imaging devices; a first queue configured to store the user commands; an I/O unit configured to receive device messages from the imaging devices; and a processor configured to determine if the first queue is empty, process one of the user commands in the first queue when the first queue is not empty, and process one of device messages from the imaging devices only if the first queue is empty.