US 12,439,135 B2
Camera adaptor
Justin Gant, Lynnwood, WA (US)
Assigned to Action-CS, Everett, WA (US)
Filed by Action-CS, Everett, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,851.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/136,084, filed on Jan. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0224805 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/51 (2023.01) [H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter for an Internet protocol (IP) camera having a digital output, an audio output, and an ethernet connection, the adapter comprising:
a camera mount;
a case;
a light;
a speaker;
a circuit board contained within the case, the circuit board comprising:
an amplifier configured for receiving an audio signal and amplifying the audio signal through the speaker;
a relay control for activating the light in response to a digital signal received from the IP camera; and
a network interface controller (NIC) for receiving network access and power via a power over Ethernet (POE) protocol connection, the NIC comprising a NIC PoE input and a NIC PoE output; and
a circuit configured on the circuit board, the circuit configured to pass TCP/IP through to the IP camera, the circuit further configured to break out the power received from the PoE connection via the NIC PoE input between powering the relay control and the amplifier and powering the IP camera connected to the camera mount, the circuit comprising:
a TCP/IP and POE passthrough bus configured to:
cause network data to flow to the IP camera;
cause power to flow from the NIC PoE input to the NIC PoE output to power the ethernet connection of the IP camera; and
transfer video images from the camera to the network; and
a power breakout bus configured to cause power to flow from the NIC PoE input to the relay control, the light, the amplifier, and the speaker.