System and method for collecting image information
First Claim
1. A system for collecting image information comprising:
- a transmission device provided at a subject for transmitting a radio signal representing a location of the subject;
shooting devices for shooting the subject from mutually different directions to generate image information of the subject;
a storage device for storing the generated image information;
changing devices for changing shooting directions of the shooting devices; and
a control device for receiving the radio signal transmitted from the transmission device and controlling the changing devices on the basis of location information of the subject represented by the signal so that at least one of the shooting devices is directed to shoot the subject.
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Abstract
A system and a method for collecting image information wherein high-quality image information representing desired scenes is obtained with certainty. A subject is shot by cameras from mutually different directions and image information thus acquired is stored on a hard disk. When the subject is shot, location information of the subject is obtained from a radio signal transmitted by a marker which has been provided at the subject in advance. On the basis of the location information, a control device controls shooting angle setting devices for changing respective shooting directions of the cameras so that each of the cameras is oriented in a direction from which the subject can be shot.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for collecting image information comprising:
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a transmission device provided at a subject for transmitting a radio signal representing a location of the subject;
shooting devices for shooting the subject from mutually different directions to generate image information of the subject;
a storage device for storing the generated image information;
changing devices for changing shooting directions of the shooting devices; and
a control device for receiving the radio signal transmitted from the transmission device and controlling the changing devices on the basis of location information of the subject represented by the signal so that at least one of the shooting devices is directed to shoot the subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for collecting image information of a subject using shooting devices for shooting the subject from mutually different directions and a storage device for storing the image information of the subject, comprising the steps of:
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providing the subject with a transmission device for transmitting a radio signal representing a location of the subject;
receiving the radio signal and controlling a shooting direction of at least one of the shooting devices on the basis of location information of the subject represented by the radio signal so that at least one of the shooting devices shoots the subject; and
storing the image information acquired via the shooting devices in the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for collecting image information comprising:
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a transmission device provided at a subject for transmitting a radio signal representing a location of the subject;
shooting devices for shooting the subject to generate image information including images of the subject, the shooting devices being positioned so that at least one of the shooting devices can shoot the subject;
a storage device for storing the image information acquired via the shooting devices; and
an extracting device for extracting, from the image information stored in the storage device, image information including images representing at least the subject on the basis of the location information of the subject represented by the radio signal transmitted from the transmission device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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16. A method for collecting image information of a subject using shooting devices and a storage device for storing the image information, comprising the steps of:
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providing the subject with a transmission device for transmitting a radio signal representing a location of the subject;
shooting the subject using the shooting devices in such a manner that at least one of the shooting devices can shoot the subject to generate image information including images of the subject;
storing the image information in the storage device; and
extracting, from the image information stored in the storage device, image information including images representing at least the subject on the basis of the received location information of the subject.
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23. A system for collecting image information comprising:
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obtaining means for obtaining location information representing a location of a subject;
shooting devices for shooting the subject to generate image information, the shooting devices being placed in mutually different positions so that at least one of the shooting devices can shoot the subject;
a storage device for storing the image information acquired via the shooting devices;
extracting means for extracting, from the image information stored in the storage device, image information representing images of the subject; and
output changing means for changing, on the basis of the obtained location information, a range of the image information from at least one of the extracting means and the shooting devices, so that the extracted image information includes the image information of the subject.
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24. A method for collecting image information of a subject using shooting devices placed in mutually different positions and a storage device for storing the image information, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining location information representing a location of the subject;
shooting the subject using the shooting devices in such a manner that at least one of the shooting devices can shoot the subject to generate image information including images of the subject;
storing the image information in the storage device;
extracting, from the image information stored in the storage device, image information representing images of the subject; and
changing, on the basis of the obtained location information, a range of the image information obtained by at least one of shooting and extracting, so that the extracted image information includes the image information of the subject.
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Specification