Patents by Inventor Preben Holm Nielsen

Preben Holm Nielsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for serving and managing storage of data streams in a surveillance and/or monitoring system
    Patent number: 11044343
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for managing storage and serving of data streams generated by peripheral devices in a system for surveillance and/or monitoring. According to one aspect, the method comprises the steps of obtaining a configuration table, the configuration table comprising a list of one or more recording servers storing data segments generated by the peripheral device; building an association table, the association table comprising, for each recording server of the list, identifiers of data segments of the data stream stored therein; determining, based on the association table, the recording server storing a requested data segment; obtaining the requested data segment from the determined recording server and serving the obtained data segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Carsten Bøgelund, John Madsen, Klaus Klausen, Preben Holm Nielsen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVING AND MANAGING STORAGE OF DATA STREAMS IN A SURVEILLANCE AND/OR MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200045145
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for managing storage and serving of data streams generated by peripheral devices in a system for surveillance and/or monitoring. According to one aspect, the method comprises the steps of obtaining a configuration table, the configuration table comprising a list of one or more recording servers storing data segments generated by the peripheral device; building an association table, the association table comprising, for each recording server of the list, identifiers of data segments of the data stream stored therein; determining, based on the association table, the recording server storing a requested data segment; obtaining the requested data segment from the determined recording server and serving the obtained data segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Carsten Bøgelund, John Madsen, Klaus Klausen, Preben Holm Nielsen
  • Method and apparatus for serving and managing storage of data streams in a surveillance and/or monitoring system
    Patent number: 10498861
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for managing storage and serving of data streams generated by peripheral devices in a system for surveillance and/or monitoring. According to one aspect, the method comprises the steps of obtaining a configuration table, the configuration table comprising a list of one or more recording servers storing data segments generated by the peripheral device; building an association table, the association table comprising, for each recording server of the list, identifiers of data segments of the data stream stored therein; determining, based on the association table, the recording server storing a requested data segment; obtaining the requested data segment from the determined recording server and serving the obtained data segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Carsten Bøgelund, John Madsen, Klaus Klausen, Preben Holm Nielsen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVING AND MANAGING STORAGE OF DATA STREAMS IN A SURVEILLANCE AND/OR MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170134532
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for managing storage and serving of data streams generated by peripheral devices in a system for surveillance and/or monitoring. According to one aspect, the method comprises the steps of obtaining a configuration table, the configuration table comprising a list of one or more recording servers storing data segments generated by the peripheral device; building an association table, the association table comprising, for each recording server of the list, identifiers of data segments of the data stream stored therein; determining, based on the association table, the recording server storing a requested data segment; obtaining the requested data segment from the determined recording server and serving the obtained data segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Carsten Bøgelund, John Madsen, Klaus Klausen, Preben Holm Nielsen