IMAGING CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20120007999A1
• Filed: 07/08/2011
• Published: 01/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Horii, Hiroyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,743,225 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/211.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/695 Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

An imaging control system for controlling a direction of an optical axis of an imaging unit is provided. The imaging control system includes a pan change unit configured to change the direction of the optical axis to a pan direction, a tilt change unit configured to change the direction of the optical axis to a tilt direction, and a display control unit configured to display the change direction to which the direction of the optical axis is changed by the pan change unit, corresponding to the change by the tilt change unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.

Claims

1. An imaging control system for controlling a direction of an optical axis of an imaging unit, the imaging control system comprising:

a pan change unit configured to change the direction of the optical axis to a pan direction;

a tilt change unit configured to change the direction of the optical axis to a tilt direction; and

a display control unit configured to display the change direction to which the direction of the optical axis is changed by the pan change unit, corresponding to the change by the tilt change unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.

2. The imaging control system according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit indicates the change direction to which the direction of the optical axis is changed by the pan change unit, by using an arrow or a bar in a linear shape or an arc shape.

3. An imaging control system for controlling a direction of an optical axis of an imaging unit that rotates around the optical axis, the imaging control system comprising:

a change unit configured to change the direction of the optical axis to a pan direction or a tilt direction; and

a display control unit configured to display the change direction to which the direction of the optical axis is changed by the change unit, corresponding to an angle of rotation of the imaging unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.

4. The imaging control system according to claim 3, wherein the display control unit displays the change direction to which the direction of the optical axis is changed on the side of the captured image or by overlapping the change direction with the captured image.

5. The imaging control system according to claim 3, wherein the display control unit indicates the pan direction and the tilt direction by using an arrow or a bar respectively.

6. An imaging control system for controlling a direction of an optical axis of an imaging unit that rotates around the optical axis, the imaging control system comprising:

a pan change unit configured to change the direction of the optical axis to a pan direction; and

a display control unit configured to display a range the imaging unit can rotate, corresponding to the change by the pan change unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.

7. A control apparatus for an imaging apparatus including a pan change unit configured to change a direction of an optical axis to a pan direction, and a tilt change unit configured to change the direction of the optical axis to a tilt direction, the control apparatus comprising:

a display control unit configured to display the change direction to which the direction of the optical axis is changed by the pan change unit, corresponding to the change by the tilt change unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.

8. A control apparatus for an imaging apparatus including an imaging unit that rotates around an optical axis, and a change unit configured to change a direction of the optical axis to a pan direction or a tilt direction, the control apparatus comprising:

a display control unit configured to display the change direction to which the direction of the optical axis is changed by the change unit, corresponding to an angle of rotation of the imaging unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.

9. A control apparatus for an imaging apparatus including an imaging unit that rotates around an optical axis, and a pan change unit configured to change the direction of the optical axis to a pan direction, the control apparatus comprising:

a display control unit configured to display a range the imaging unit can rotate, corresponding to the change by the pan change unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.

10. A control method for an imaging apparatus including a pan change unit configured to change a direction of an optical axis to a pan direction, and a tilt change unit configured to change the direction of the optical axis to a tilt direction, the control method comprising:

a display control for displaying with a display control unit the change direction to which the direction of the optical axis is changed by the pan change unit, corresponding to the change by the tilt change unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.

11. A control method for an imaging apparatus including an imaging unit that rotates around an optical axis, and a change unit configured to change a direction of the optical axis to a pan direction or a tilt direction, the control method comprising:

a display control for displaying with a display control unit the change direction to which the direction of the optical axis is changed by the change unit, corresponding to an angle of rotation of the imaging unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.

12. A control method for an imaging apparatus including an imaging unit that rotates around an optical axis, and a pan change unit configured to change a direction of the optical axis to a pan direction, the control method comprising:

displaying with a display control unit a range the imaging unit can rotate, corresponding to the change by the pan change unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.

13. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for instructing an imaging apparatus including a pan change unit configured to change a direction of an optical axis to a pan direction, and a tilt change unit configured to change the direction of the optical axis to a tilt direction, to execute a display control procedure for displaying the change direction to which the direction of the optical axis is changed by the pan change unit, corresponding to the change by the tilt change unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.

14. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for instructing an imaging apparatus including an imaging unit that rotates around an optical axis, and a change unit configured to change a direction of the optical axis to a pan direction or a tilt direction, to execute a display control procedure for displaying the change direction to which the direction of the optical axis is changed by the change unit, corresponding to an angle of rotation of the imaging unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.

15. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for instructing an imaging apparatus including an imaging unit that rotates around an optical axis, and a pan change unit configured to change the direction of the optical axis to a pan direction, to execute a display control procedure for displaying a range the imaging unit can rotate, corresponding to the change by the pan change unit, together with an image captured by the imaging unit.