Image display apparatus, image display system, and image display method
First Claim
1. An image display method for selecting an arbitrary image sensing device from one or more image sensing devices connected, and displaying a video obtained from the selected image sensing device, comprising:
- the window configuration step of presenting inquiries in turn, determining a configuration of an image display window suitable for a purpose intended on the basis of answers to the inquiries, and outputting window configuration information; and
the window generation step of generating a display window on the basis of the window configuration information.
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Abstract
In an image display system which has a management station for saving, in a server, management data that contains at least names, identification numbers, and connection numbers of image sensing devices, and is described in the data description language, and the display style of the management data, and a display device, and which displays a video obtained from an arbitrary one or more image sensing devices connected, the management data of the image sensing devices is read out from the server, the display style of the readout management data is read out from the server, and an image is generated and displayed by applying the management data to the display style.
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67 Claims
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1. An image display method for selecting an arbitrary image sensing device from one or more image sensing devices connected, and displaying a video obtained from the selected image sensing device, comprising:
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the window configuration step of presenting inquiries in turn, determining a configuration of an image display window suitable for a purpose intended on the basis of answers to the inquiries, and outputting window configuration information; and
the window generation step of generating a display window on the basis of the window configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 62)
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9. An image display apparatus for selecting an arbitrary image sensing device from one or more image sensing devices connected, and displaying a video obtained from the selected image sensing device, comprising:
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window configuration means for presenting inquiries in turn, determining a configuration of an image display window suitable for a purpose intended on the basis of answers to the inquiries, and outputting window configuration information; and
window generation means for generating a display window on the basis of the window configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 63)
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17. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied in said medium for selecting an arbitrary image sensing device from one or more image sensing devices connected, and displaying a video obtained from the selected image sensing device, said product including:
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first computer readable program code means for presenting inquiries in turn;
second computer readable program code means for determining a configuration of an image display window suitable for a purpose intended on the basis of answers to the inquiries;
third computer readable program code means for outputting window configuration information; and
fourth computer readable program code means for generating a display window on the basis of the window configuration information.
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18. A window configuration method for configuring a window for displaying a video obtained from an arbitrary image sensing device out of image sensing devices connected, comprising the steps of:
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outputting a window pattern list to an external device;
outputting a list of the image sensing devices connected, to the external device;
receiving information indicating a window pattern selected from the window pattern list from the external device;
receiving information indicating at least one image sensing device selected from the list of the image sensing devices connected, from the external device;
generating an image display window on the basis of the window pattern and the information indicating the image sensing device received from the external device; and
storing the generated image display window. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 39, 54, 58, 60, 61, 64)
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29. A window configuration method for configuring a window for displaying a video obtained from an arbitrary image sensing device out of image sensing devices connected, comprising the steps of:
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requesting a window pattern list from an information processing apparatus to a window configuration apparatus;
outputting the window pattern list from the window configuration apparatus to the information processing apparatus in response to the request;
displaying the window pattern list in the information processing apparatus;
selecting a window pattern from the displayed window pattern list;
transmitting the selected window pattern from the information processing apparatus to the window configuration apparatus;
requesting a list of the image sensing devices connected, from the information processing apparatus to the window configuration apparatus;
outputting the list of the image sensing devices connected, from the window configuration apparatus to the information processing apparatus in response to the request;
displaying the list of the image sensing devices in the information processing apparatus;
selecting at least one image sensing apparatus from the displayed list of the image sensing devices;
transmitting information indicating the selected image sensing device from the information processing apparatus to the window configuration apparatus;
configuring an image display window on the basis of the transmitted window pattern and information indicating the image sensing device in the window configuration apparatus; and
storing the generated image display window in the window configuration apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 55, 59, 65)
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40. A window configuration apparatus for configuring a window for displaying a video obtained from an arbitrary image sensing device out of image sensing devices connected, comprising:
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first memory for storing a window pattern list;
second memory for storing a list of image sensing devices connected;
transmission means for outputting the window pattern list and the list of the image sensing devices connected, to an external device;
reception means for receiving information indicating a window pattern selected from the window pattern list and information indicating at least one image sensing device selected from the list of the image sensing devices connected, from the external device;
window generation means for generating an image display window on the basis of the window pattern and the information indicating the image sensing device received from the external device; and
third memory for storing the generated image display window. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56, 57, 66, 67)
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53. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied in said medium for configuring a window for displaying a video obtained from an arbitrary image sensing device out of image sensing devices connected, said product including:
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first computer readable program code means for outputting a window pattern list to an external device;
second computer readable program code means for outputting a list of the image sensing devices connected, to the external device;
third computer readable program code means for receiving information indicating a window pattern selected from the window pattern list from the external device;
fourth computer readable program code means for receiving information indicating at least one image sensing device selected from the list of the image sensing devices connected, from the external device;
fifth computer readable program code means for generating an image display window on the basis of the window pattern and the information indicating the image sensing device received from the external device; and
sixth computer readable program code means for storing the generated image display window.
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