Inventors:
Thierry Etienne Klein - Fanwood NJ, US
John F. Lertola - Lebanon NJ, US
Dorel Livescu - Marlboro NJ, US
International Classification:
H04N 17/00
Abstract:
The invention includes a method and apparatus for controlling video streams. A method includes monitoring for an event associated with one of a plurality of video camera controllers providing a plurality of video streams where each of the video streams has a first quality level, and, in response to detecting an event associated with one of the plurality of video camera controllers, propagating a control message toward the one of the video camera controllers for which the event is detected, where a control message adapted for requesting the one of the video camera controllers to switch from providing the video stream using the first quality level to providing the video stream using a second quality level. The first quality level may be a low level of quality and the second quality level may be a high level of quality.