US 11,741,804 B1
Redundant video storage among networked video cameras
Vishwas Saxena, Bangalore (IN); and Mukesh Kumar P, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/852,707.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/19665 (2013.01) [G08B 13/19671 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a first video camera comprising:
at least one image sensor configured to capture video images;
a network interface configured for communication with a first plurality of peer video cameras over a network, wherein at least one backup cluster of the first plurality of peer video cameras is based on a network topology of the network;
a non-volatile memory configured to store source video data captured by the at least one image sensor; and
a controller configured to:
receive peer video data from the first plurality of peer video cameras;
receive a backup order of the first plurality of peer video cameras based on an associated backup cluster of the at least one backup cluster; and
send the source video data to a backup storage device located at a target peer video camera of the first plurality of peer video cameras according to the backup order.