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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Eye Stalks Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Greg Lin Tanaka, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Way Ng, Redwood City, CA (US);
Chengpeng Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Dave Tahmoush, Adelphi, MD (US);
Derek Ma, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eye Stalks Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for visual monitoring comprises a mobile chipset disposed in a housing, at least one eyestalk attached to the housing and communicatively coupled to the mobile chipset, and mounting hardware affixed to the housing, the mounting hardware configured to secure the housing to a stationary structure. In one embodiment, the mobile chipset is configured to execute a set of program instructions in response to the device being connected to external power, including program instructions which, when executed by the mobile chipset, causes the device to take pictures in response to automatically generated triggers, and to automatically upload image data to a packet-based network for display and/or further processing. In a further embodiment, the device is configured to pre-process the image data, such as extracting relevant data for a specific application, before uploading the image data to the packet-based network for further process. In another embodiment, the device is configured to automatically upload image data to a social network site for sharing among authorized users of the cite.