What is an ip camera?

Ip camera is a network camera, and it is a new generation camera that combines traditional camera with network technology. It can transmit images to the other side of the globe through the network, and remote viewers can monitor their own images through a standard web browser (such as "Microsoft IE or Netscape") without using any professional software.

Extended data:

Network camera generally consists of network coding module and analog camera, including lens, image, sound sensor, A/D converter, image, sound, controller network server, external alarm and control interface.

The network coding module of the network camera encodes and compresses the analog video signal collected by the analog camera into a digital signal, which can be directly connected to the network switching and routing equipment. The webcam has embedded chips and uses an embedded real-time operating system.

IP network camera is a digital device based on network transmission. The network camera not only has a common composite video signal output interface BNC, but also has a network output interface, which can directly connect the camera to the local LAN.