Control of camera sensing direction in a viewable range defined by camera panning and tilting
First Claim
1. A camera control apparatus, comprising:
- control means for controlling a field of view of a camera by changing a sensing direction of the camera;
first display means for displaying a viewable range which is defined by limits of panning and tilting and which exceeds a current imaging range of said camera, on a predetermined screen;
designation means for designating a desired sensing direction of said camera;
storage means for storing image sensing direction data of said camera designated by said designation means; and
second display means for displaying identification data used to identify the image sensing direction data of said camera at a position corresponding to the image sensing direction data of said camera, which is stored in said storage means, within said viewable range displayed by said first display means.
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Abstract
A camera control apparatus of this embodiment has the following arrangement. Pan buttons (42, 44), tilt buttons (46, 48), a home position button (50), a telephoto button (52), and a wide-angle button (54) are set on a camera operation window (40). A rectangular frame (56) indicates the maximum image sensable range based on pan, tilt, and zoom operations. An image sensable range based on the current pan, tilt, and zoom values is displayed as a rectangular frame (or rectangular box) having a size corresponding to the zoom value at a position corresponding to the pan and tilt angles within the rectangular frame (56). Desired image sensing directions and the like are registered at preset memory buttons (60) (60-1-60-6). A register button (62) for registration of such data and a delete button (64) for deleting the registered data are also set on the camera operation window. Symbols (66, 68, 70) encircling registered buttons (60) are displayed at positions corresponding to the registered image sensing directions within the rectangular frame (56).
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22 Claims
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1. A camera control apparatus, comprising:
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control means for controlling a field of view of a camera by changing a sensing direction of the camera; first display means for displaying a viewable range which is defined by limits of panning and tilting and which exceeds a current imaging range of said camera, on a predetermined screen; designation means for designating a desired sensing direction of said camera; storage means for storing image sensing direction data of said camera designated by said designation means; and second display means for displaying identification data used to identify the image sensing direction data of said camera at a position corresponding to the image sensing direction data of said camera, which is stored in said storage means, within said viewable range displayed by said first display means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21)
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12. A camera control method, comprising:
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control step of controlling a field of view of a camera by changing a sensing direction of the camera; first display step of displaying a viewable range which is defined by limits of panning and tilting and which exceeds a current imaging range of said camera, on a predetermined screen; designating step of designating a desired image sensing direction of said camera; storage step of storing image sensing direction data of said camera designated at said designating step; and second display step of displaying identification data used to identify the image sensing direction data of said camera at a position corresponding to the image sensing direction data of said camera, which is stored at said storage step, within said viewable range displayed at said first display step. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22)
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