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Camera control and display device using graphical user interface

  • US 6,452,628 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/1999
  • Issued: 09/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A motion image display apparatus comprising:

  • motion image inputting means for inputting a motion image;

    imaging direction changing means for changing an imaging direction of said motion image inputting means;

    synthesizing means for synthesizing one still image in a wide area on the basis of motion images in various directions previously taken by changing the imaging direction of said motion image inputting means;

    display means for displaying the still image synthesized by said synthesizing means in a still image area, and displaying a motion image currently being taken by said motion image inputting means in a motion image area superposed on a position corresponding to a current imaging direction in the still image area;

    motion image area moving means for moving the motion image area within the still image area; and

    control means for controlling said imaging direction changing means on the basis of position information of the motion image area moved by said motion image area moving means so that the imaging direction of said motion image inputting means corresponds to the position of the moved motion image area, and updating a portion of the synthetic still image corresponding to the motion image area before being moved, as a still image, by using the motion image displayed in the motion image area before the imaging direction is changed.

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