US 12,279,076 B2
Cloud storage expansion apparatus of video recorder
Chia-Hung Ma, Kaohsiung (TW)
Filed by Chia-Hung Ma, Kaohsiung (TW)
Filed on May 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/197,459.
Claims priority of application No. 112203193 (TW), filed on Apr. 7, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0340393 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. G06V 20/58 (2022.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 5/907 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/185 (2013.01) [G06V 20/58 (2022.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01); H04N 5/907 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cloud storage expansion apparatus for a video recorder, wherein the cloud storage expansion apparatus is removably connected to a flash card slot of a video recorder, the flash card slot has a communication interface communicating with the outside, and the cloud storage expansion apparatus comprises:
a body, having a circuit board and a power supply component, wherein the power supply component is electrically connected to the circuit board to supply power;
a flash card circuit unit, arranged on the circuit board, wherein the flash card circuit unit conforms to a data access specification of the flash card slot;
a dummy card connector, electrically connected to the flash card circuit unit, wherein the dummy card connector is removably connected to the flash card slot so as to be electrically connected to the communication interface for the video recorder to store image file data to the flash card circuit unit;
a wireless communication module, arranged on the circuit board, wherein the wireless communication module is used to be connected to a cloud space;
a detection module, arranged on the circuit board to detect whether there is an active signal in the communication interface; and
a controller, arranged on the circuit board and electrically connected to the flash card circuit unit, the wireless communication module and the detection module, wherein when it is detected that there is no active signal in the communication interface, the controller occupies a an access right of the flash card circuit unit, the image file data in the flash card circuit unit is uploaded to the cloud space, and the access right is released after all the image file data in the flash card circuit unit is uploaded.