Wireless imaging device control method

• US 20040169733A1
• Filed: 12/04/2003
• Published: 09/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Hideyuki, Ishizaka, Kazuo
• Application Number:
  US10/479,559
• Publication Number:
  US 20040169733A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/211.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices

Abstract

The present invention is relative to a controlling method for a wireless camera in a wireless camera system. This wireless camera system (300) includes a wireless camera (210) capable of transmitting image signals over a wireless route, a cabled camera (310) for transmitting image signals over a cable, and a receiving apparatus (400) for receiving the image signals transmitted from each camera and for controlling the camera. The wireless camera superposes a response signal to a control signal from the receiving apparatus on the image signals to send the resulting signals to the receiving apparatus over a wireless route.

Claims

1. A controlling method for a wireless image pickup apparatus in a wireless image pickup system, said wireless image pickup system comprising one or more image pickup apparatus for imaging an object, and a receiving apparatus for transmitting a control signal controlling said image pickup apparatus to said image pickup apparatus and for receiving main line signals, including the video/audio information of said object and the system information of said image pickup apparatus including in turn the system information of said image pickup apparatus, from said image pickup apparatus, one of said image pickup apparatus being a wireless image pickup apparatus capable of transmitting said main line signals over a wireless route, wherein

said wireless image pickup apparatus superposes the response information to said control signal from said receiving apparatus on said main line signals to transmit the resulting signal over a wireless route to said receiving apparatus.

2. The controlling method for a wireless image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said main line signal may include, in addition to said information on said image pickup apparatus, the private information arbitrarily accorded by a user of said image pickup apparatus, said response information being superposed on said main line signals as a part of said private information.

3. The controlling method for a wireless image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said system information of said wireless image pickup apparatus at least includes the identification information for distinguishing said wireless image pickup apparatus from the other said image pickup apparatus and the information on image pickup conditions in said wireless image pickup apparatus.

4. The controlling method for a wireless image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said main line signals transmitted from said wireless image pickup apparatus to said receiving apparatus are transmitted in a frequency range of 2.4 GHz.

5. The controlling method for a wireless image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said receiving apparatus separates said response information from said main line signals transmitted from said wireless image pickup apparatus and accords the separated response information to control information send-out means configured for sending out said control information to said wireless image pickup apparatus.

6. The controlling method for a wireless image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said control signal with which said receiving apparatus controls said wireless image pickup apparatus is transmitted as speech signals from said receiving apparatus to said wireless image pickup apparatus.

7. The controlling method for a wireless image pickup apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said control signal, transmitted as said speech signal, is transmitted in a frequency range of 800 MHz.

8. The controlling method for a wireless image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said wireless image pickup apparatus modulates said main line signals with OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) modulation and wherein said receiving apparatus OFDM demodulates said main line signals.

9. The controlling method for a wireless image pickup apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said receiving apparatus separates said response information from the OFDM demodulated main line signals and accords the separated response information to said control information send-out means configured for sending out said control information to said wireless image pickup apparatus.

10. The controlling method for a wireless image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said wireless image pickup apparatus modulates said main line signals with MPEG (Moving Picture Coding Expert) modulation and wherein said receiving apparatus MPEG demodulates said main line signals.