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Imaging control apparatus and imaging control method

  • US 20090175501A1
  • Filed: 01/06/2009
  • Published: 07/09/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An imaging control apparatus comprising:

  • preset information management means for holding and managing unit preset information including positional information indicative of the position of an imaging field changing mechanism that changes the imaging field of view of an imaging unit, and reference image data, the preset information management means producing and holding, as a registration process in response to a registration instruction, unit preset information including positional information indicative of the position of the imaging field changing mechanism when the registration instruction is issued and reference image data related to the positional information and produced based on an image signal obtained through imaging performed by the imaging unit when the registration instruction is issued;

    operation screen display control means for controlling display of an operation image used to select among preset items that correspond to respective sets of unit preset information held in the preset information management means, the operation screen display control means displaying and presenting, for each of the preset items, the reference image data contained in the corresponding unit preset information on the operation screen; and

    drive control means for carrying out drive control for changing the position of the imaging field changing mechanism, the drive control means carrying out the drive control in such a way that when a preset item is selected and entered on the operation screen, the imaging field changing mechanism is positioned as indicated by the positional information in the unit preset information that corresponds to the selected and entered preset item.

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