CAMERA AND CAMERA SYSTEM
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1. A camera comprising:
- a photographing unit which photographs an object;
an image memory which stores an image photographed with the photographing unit;
a plurality of operation members which receive operationsby a user;
a camera controller which controls operations of each unit of the camera including the photographing unit in response to the operations by the operation member;
a control information memory which stores controlinformation for deciding propriety of reception of operations for each operation member; and
a communication unit which transmits and receivesinformation to and from an external controller via a network, whereinthe camera controller stores the control information transmitted from the external control device and received by the communication unit in the control information memory, and when the operations of the operation member have been detected, determines the propriety of the reception of the operations by referring to the control information stored in the control information memory.
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Abstract
In a camera system, cameras are connected to a network via network groups, and the network is connected to a personal computer of a control unit. Data transmitted from the personal computer is stored in a memory of each camera. Each camera in a network group selected by the personal computer decides propriety of operation reception for each operation member with reference to operation propriety data stored in the memory at every operation of the operation members of the camera.
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1. A camera comprising:
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a photographing unit which photographs an object; an image memory which stores an image photographed with the photographing unit; a plurality of operation members which receive operations by a user; a camera controller which controls operations of each unit of the camera including the photographing unit in response to the operations by the operation member; a control information memory which stores control information for deciding propriety of reception of operations for each operation member; and a communication unit which transmits and receives information to and from an external controller via a network, wherein the camera controller stores the control information transmitted from the external control device and received by the communication unit in the control information memory, and when the operations of the operation member have been detected, determines the propriety of the reception of the operations by referring to the control information stored in the control information memory. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A camera comprising:
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a photographing unit which photographs an object; an image memory which stores an image photographed with the photographing unit; a plurality of operation members which receive operations by a user; a camera controller which controls an operation of each unit of the camera including the photographing unit in response to the operation by the operation member; a control information memory which stores control information for deciding propriety of reception of the operations for each operation member; and a storage medium mounting unit which mounts an attachable and detachable storage medium thereon;
whereinthe camera controller reads the control information from the storage medium mounted on the storage medium mounting unit to store the control information in the control information memory, and when the operations of the operation member have been detected, determines the propriety of the reception of the operations by referring to the control information stored in the control information memory. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A camera system configured to include at least one camera connected to a network, and a control device connected to the network, wherein the camera comprises:
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a photographing unit which photographs an object; an image memory which stores an image photographed by the photographing unit; a plurality of operation members which receive operations by a user; a camera controller which controls an operation of each unit of the camera including the photographing unit in response to the operations of the operation member; a control information memory which stores control information for deciding propriety of reception of operations for each operation member; and a first communication unit which transmits and receives information to and from the control device via the network;
whereinthe control device comprises; a second communication unit which communicates with the camera via the network; a selection unit which selects as least one of the cameras connected to the network; and an operation setting unit which generates the control information for deciding the propriety of the reception of the operations for each operation member of the camera selected by the selection unit, the control device makes the second communication unit transmit the control information generated from the operation setting unit to the camera selected by the selection unit; and the camera controller stores the control information received by the first communication unit in the control information memory, and determines the propriety of the reception of operations of each operation member by referring to the control information stored in the control information memory for each operation of the operation members in the camera selected by the selection unit. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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