Image-sensing control method and apparatus, image sensing system, and storage medium containing program for executing image-sensing control method
First Claim
1. An image-sensing control apparatus comprising:
- image sensing means;
a pan head for controlling an image sensing direction of said image sensing means;
detection means for detecting whether or not said pan head and said image sensing means are connected to each other; and
display control means for controlling a displaying status of a control panel for designating the image sensing direction by the pan head based on a detection detected by said detection means.
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Abstract
An image sensing system, including visual telephone and teleconference terminals, connected via a network. Each terminal has a video camera placed on a pan head, and can display a video image sensed by the video camera connected to the terminal and a video image sensed by a video camera of a communication-destination terminal, on a monitor connected to the terminal. Each terminal detects whether or not the video camera is placed on the remote-controllable pan head, and mutually transmits the result of detection to its communication-destination terminal. At each terminal, if the direction of the video camera can be controlled by the pan head, a pan-head control panel is displayed with the video image from the video camera, on the monitor. Further, if the video camera of the communication-destination terminal is placed on a remote-controllable pan head, a pan-head control panel for the pan head of the communication-destination terminal is displayed with the video image from the communication-destination terminal, on the monitor.
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1. An image-sensing control apparatus comprising:
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image sensing means; a pan head for controlling an image sensing direction of said image sensing means; detection means for detecting whether or not said pan head and said image sensing means are connected to each other; and display control means for controlling a displaying status of a control panel for designating the image sensing direction by the pan head based on a detection detected by said detection means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An image-sensing control method for an image sensing control apparatus for controlling image sensing means and a pan head for controlling an image sensing direction of said image sensing means, comprising:
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a detection step of detecting whether or not said pan head and said image sensing means are connected to each other; and a display control step of controlling a displaying status of a control panel for designating the image sensing direction by the pan head based on a detection detected at said detection step. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An image sensing system which transmits at least image information via a transmission line, comprising:
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an image sensing apparatus which converts an optical image of an image-sensed object into an electrical signal; a pan head for controlling an image sensing direction of said image sensing apparatus; detection means for detecting whether or not said pan head and said image sensing apparatus are connected; notification means for notifying connection status between said pan head and said image sensing apparatus, detected by said detection means, to a communication-destination apparatus, via said transmission line; and display control means for controlling a displaying status of a control panel for designating the image sensing direction of said image sensing apparatus based on the connection status detected by said detection means or based on the connection status received from said communication-destination apparatus via said transmission line. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A storage medium containing a program for executing an image-sensing control method for an image-sensing control apparatus having image sensing means and a pan head for controlling an image sensing direction of said image sensing means, said program comprising:
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a detection process module for detecting whether or not said pan head and said image sensing means are connected to each other; and a display control process module for controlling a displaying status of a control panel for designating the image sensing direction by the pan head based on a detection detected at said detection process module. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable storage medium containing a program for executing an image-sensing control method for an image-sensing control apparatus having image sensing means and a pan head for controlling an image sensing direction of said image sensing means, said program comprising:
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a function detection process module for detecting a function of said image sensing means; and a function display process module for controlling a displaying status of a control panel for designating the image sensing direction of said image sensing means based on the result of detection at said function detection process module. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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