Method, apparatus, and system for controlling a camera, and a storage medium storing a program used with the method, apparatus and/or system
First Claim
1. A controller for controlling a video camera, comprising:
- an input unit adapted to input a designation from a client; and
a control unit adapted to control the video camera in accordance with the designation input by said input unit,wherein, in response to said input unit inputting designations including a predetermined plurality of commands for a same operation, said control unit groups the designations and controls the video camera in accordance with at least one but not all of the predetermined plurality of commands, andwherein in response to said input unit inputting designations not including a predetermined plurality of commands for the same operation, said control unit controls the video camera in accordance with each of the designations.
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Abstract
In a camera control system for remote-controlling a video camera, a range within which the viewing direction of the video camera can be changed and the current viewing direction are displayed on a screen. A desired viewing direction to which the camera should be tilted or panned can be designated by a scroll bar. In response to the operation of the scroll bar, the camera is rotated to the designated direction. An image taken via the camera, which now faces in the new direction, is displayed on the screen of a controller in an enabled state in which the controller can access the camera, wherein a button of the scroll bar displayed on the screen moves with the change in the viewing direction of the camera. The amount of change in the viewing direction in a tilting or panning operation is adjusted in accordance with the zooming ratio so that when the viewing direction is changed, an image of an object on the screen is shifted by the same amount regardless of whether the camera is set to a wide-angle or narrow-angle zooming condition.
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18 Claims
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1. A controller for controlling a video camera, comprising:
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an input unit adapted to input a designation from a client; and a control unit adapted to control the video camera in accordance with the designation input by said input unit, wherein, in response to said input unit inputting designations including a predetermined plurality of commands for a same operation, said control unit groups the designations and controls the video camera in accordance with at least one but not all of the predetermined plurality of commands, and wherein in response to said input unit inputting designations not including a predetermined plurality of commands for the same operation, said control unit controls the video camera in accordance with each of the designations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of controlling a video camera in accordance with a designation input from a client, said method comprising the steps of:
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inputting a designation from the client; and controlling the video camera in accordance with the designation input in said inputting step, wherein, in response to said inputting step inputting designations including a predetermined plurality of commands for a same operation, said control step groups the designations and controls the video camera in accordance with at least one but not all of the predetermined plurality of commands, and wherein in response to said inputting step inputting designations not including a predetermined plurality of commands for the same operation, said control step controls the video camera in accordance with each of the designations. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable storage medium for storing programs executed by a controller to control a video camera in accordance with a designation input from a client, the programs including:
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a program for inputting a designation from the client; and a program for controlling the video camera in accordance with the designation input in said inputting step, wherein, in response to inputting of designations including a predetermined plurality of commands for a same operation, the program for controlling the video camera groups the designations and controls the video camera in accordance with at least one but not all of the predetermined plurality of commands, and wherein in response to inputting of designations not including a predetermined plurality of commands for the same operation, the program for controlling the video camera controls the video camera in accordance with each of the designations. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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