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Composite camera system, zoom camera image display control method, zoom camera control method, control program, and computer readable recording medium

  • US 7,301,557 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2003
  • Issued: 11/27/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A composite camera system, comprising:

  • a control section for performing positional control and magnification ratio control of at least one zoom camera ratio for omnidirectional image data centered on a prescribed portion thereof, the omnidirectional image data being obtained by an omnidirectional camera capable of taking an omnidirectional image over a viewing angle of a maximum of 360 degrees; and

    a display section for displaying an omnidirectional image taken by the omnidirectional camera and a zoom image taken by the zoom camera,wherein, when the omnidirectional image is circular, the control section equally divides the omnidirectional image concentrically and radially into a plurality of concentrically and radially divided image areas based on input data representing the number of image areas and presets control information for controlling the zoom camera in each of the plurality of concentrically and radially divided image areas.

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