Camera control system, camera server, camera client, control method, and storage medium
First Claim
1. A camera control system including a camera server which can freely control a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, and a remote client for displaying an image from said camera server,said remote client comprising:
- a search condition transfer module that transfers angle information as search condition instruction information to said camera server during a time another remote client is controlling operation of the camera device; and
a display control module that displays image data transferred from said camera server on predetermined display means, and said camera server comprising;
a storage module that stores in predetermined storage means a plurality of image data sensed by the camera device and angle information for each of the plurality of image data;
a search module that searches the predetermined storage means in accordance with the angle information in the search condition instruction information when the search condition instruction information is received from said remote client; and
an image data transfer module that transfers the image data found by said search module to said remote client.
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Abstract
An arrangement is provided in which previously sensed image information is stored, so that information with an angle desired by the user can be searched for and displayed. Image data sensed by a camera device (100) is captured by an image information capture unit (101) and the angle information of image data captured by the image information capture unit (101) is acquired by an image view point information acquisition unit (102). A header is generated by a header generation unit (103) based on the angle information. A recording information generation unit (104) generates recording information based on the generated header and the captured image data, and stores the generated information in an external storage device (6). Upon reception of an external search instruction, a search unit (105) searches for information matching angle information included in the search condition, and an output unit (106) outputs the found image data.
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21 Claims
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1. A camera control system including a camera server which can freely control a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, and a remote client for displaying an image from said camera server,
said remote client comprising: -
a search condition transfer module that transfers angle information as search condition instruction information to said camera server during a time another remote client is controlling operation of the camera device; and
a display control module that displays image data transferred from said camera server on predetermined display means, and said camera server comprising;
a storage module that stores in predetermined storage means a plurality of image data sensed by the camera device and angle information for each of the plurality of image data;
a search module that searches the predetermined storage means in accordance with the angle information in the search condition instruction information when the search condition instruction information is received from said remote client; and
an image data transfer module that transfers the image data found by said search module to said remote client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
said search condition transfer module transfers time zone information as a search condition. -
3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said camera server senses an image within a photographable range by sequentially changing an angle of the camera device when a pre-set time is reached.
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4. The system according to claim 1, wherein said camera server further comprises:
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a live image transfer module that transfers current image data sensed by said camera device during the time the camera device is being operated by another remote client, wherein said transfer module transfers the searched image data while the live image is transferred by said live image transfer module.
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5. A camera server for use with a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, where said camera server transfers an image sensed by the camera device to a remote client in accordance with an instruction from the remote client, said camera server comprising:
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a storage module that stores a plurality of image data sensed by the camera device and angle information for each of the plurality of image data;
a search module that searches said storage module in accordance with the angle information in the instruction when the instruction is received from the remote client during a time another remote client is controlling operation of the camera device; and
an image data transfer module that transfers the image data found by said search module to the remote client. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
said search module makes a search using a time zone as a search condition when the instruction includes the time zone information. -
11. The camera server according to claim 5, wherein said camera server senses an image within a photographable range by sequentially changing an angle of the camera device when a pre-set time is reached.
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12. A camera client connected to a camera server in turn connected to a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, where the camera server stores in predetermined storage means a plurality of image data together with image sensing angle information for each of the plurality of image data, said camera client comprising:
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an input module that inputs angle information as search information;
a transfer module that transfers the input search information to the camera server during a time another remote client is controlling operation of the camera device; and
a display module that displays image data stored in the predetermined storage means, and found by and transferred from said camera server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
said input module inputs image sensing time zone information as a search condition.
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15. A method of controlling a camera server for use with a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, and where the camera server transfers an image sensed by the camera device to a remote client in accordance with an instruction from the remote client, the method comprising:
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the storage step of storing in predetermined storage means a plurality of image data sensed by the camera device and angle information for each of the plurality of image data;
the search step of searching the storage means in accordance with the angle information in the instruction when the instruction is received from the remote client during a time another remote client is controlling operation of the camera device; and
the image data transfer step of transferring the image data found in the search step to the remote client. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
the search step includes making a search using a time zone as a search condition when the time zone information is included in the instruction. -
17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of sensing an image within a photographable range by sequentially changing an angle of the camera device when a pre-set time is reached.
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18. A method of controlling a camera client connected to a camera server in turn connected to a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, where the camera server stores in predetermined storage means a plurality of image data sensed by the camera device together with image angle information for each of the plurality of image data, the method comprising:
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the input step of inputting angle information as search information;
the transfer step of transferring the input search information to the camera server during a time another remote client is controlling operation of the camera device; and
the display step of displaying image data found in the predetermined storage means of the camera server in accordance with said transfer step. - View Dependent Claims (19)
the input step also includes inputting image sensing time zone information as a search condition.
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20. A storage medium that stores a program for implementing operation of a camera server connected to a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, where the camera server transfers an image sensed by the camera device to a remote client in accordance with an instruction from the remote client, where the storage medium stores program codes which respectively implement the following steps:
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storing in predetermined storage means a plurality of image data sensed by the camera device and angle information for each of the plurality of image data;
searching the predetermined storage means in accordance with the angle information in the instruction when the instruction is received from the remote client during a time another remote client is controlling operation of the camera device; and
transferring the image data found in the search step to the remote client.
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21. A storage medium that stores a program for implementing operation of a camera client connected to a camera server in turn connected to a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, where the camera server stores in predetermined storage means a plurality of image data sensed by the camera device together with angle information for each of the plurality of image data, said storage medium storing program codes which respectively implement the following steps:
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inputting from the remote client angle information as search information;
transferring the input search information to the camera server during a time another remote client is controlling operation of the camera device; and
displaying image data found and transferred from the camera server in the transfer step.
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Specification