Production system, control area for a production system and image capturing system for a production system
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1. A production system comprising:
- at least a camera producing a raw digital signal;
a processing circuit for generating a processed video signal from the raw digital signal;
a control area with at least a camera control interface for setting at least a parameter in both the camera and in the processing circuit;
wherein the camera and the control area are linked via a communication channel with noticeable latency;
wherein the processing circuit is located in the control area;
wherein the processing circuit is adapted to perform an operation corresponding to a parameter change in the camera; and
wherein the processing circuit performs the operation corresponding to a parameter change in the camera until images captured by the camera under the changed parameter are available at the control area.
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Abstract
An advantageous production system comprises at least a camera producing a raw digital signal and a processing circuit for generating a processed video signal from the raw digital signal. In a control area, at least a camera control interface is able to set at least a parameter in the processing circuit. The processing circuit is located in the control area. An image capturing system for such a production system is also presented.
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19 Claims
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1. A production system comprising:
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at least a camera producing a raw digital signal; a processing circuit for generating a processed video signal from the raw digital signal; a control area with at least a camera control interface for setting at least a parameter in both the camera and in the processing circuit; wherein the camera and the control area are linked via a communication channel with noticeable latency; wherein the processing circuit is located in the control area; wherein the processing circuit is adapted to perform an operation corresponding to a parameter change in the camera; and wherein the processing circuit performs the operation corresponding to a parameter change in the camera until images captured by the camera under the changed parameter are available at the control area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12)
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8. A Control area for a production system comprising:
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means for receiving a raw digital signal generated by a camera located remote from the control area, the camera and the control area being coupled by a communication channel that is subject to latency; a processing circuit for generating a processed video signal from the raw digital signal; a camera control interface for setting at least a parameter in both the camera and in the processing circuit in parallel and controlling the processing circuit to perform an operation corresponding to setting the parameter in the camera, wherein data related to said parameter is added to a video representative signal formed by said camera, and wherein the processing circuit receives the video signal and the data from the camera; wherein the processing circuit performs the operation corresponding to a parameter change in the camera until images captured by the camera under the changed parameters are available at the control area. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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13. A method for camera system control, comprising:
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a camera control providing control information for controlling a video parameter to both a remote camera head and a video processing circuit in a local base station in parallel, wherein the remote camera head and the video processing circuit are interconnected and subject to significant latency; smoothly changing said control of said video parameter; embedding data related to said video parameter in a video representative signal from said camera head; and varying said video parameter in both said camera head and said interconnected video processing circuit in said local base station in accordance with said data embedded in said video representative signal to generate an output video signal concurrently and in accordance with said smooth change. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for camera control, comprising:
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forming a video parameter control signal at a first location, the video parameter control signal corresponding to a video parametor that is modified with respect to a video parameter currently applied in a camera at a second location; applying said video parameter control signal to a video processing circuit at said first location and in parallel thereto; coupling and applying said video parameter control signal to the camera at the second location wherein said coupling is subject to latency; and adding, using the camera, data related to said video parameter to a video representative signal formed by said camera; receiving, using the video processing circuit, the video signal and the data from the camera; controlling, using the video parameter control signal, in the processing circuit at the first location, video processing operations corresponding to the modified video parameter until images captured by the camera under the modified video parameters are available at the first location. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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