DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20150146006A1
• Filed: 10/21/2014
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kawano, Atsushi
• Application Number:
  US14/519,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20150146006A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/159
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A display control apparatus for controlling display of images captured by a plurality of cameras compares an analysis result corresponding to an image captured by a first camera of the plurality of cameras with an analysis result corresponding to an image captured by a second camera corresponding to the first camera, and controls to display the image captured by the first camera in a form based on a comparison result.

Claims

1. A display control apparatus for controlling display of images captured by a plurality of cameras, comprising:

a comparison unit configured to compare an analysis result corresponding to an image captured by a first camera of the plurality of cameras with an analysis result corresponding to an image captured by a second camera corresponding to the first camera; and

a control unit configured to control to display the image captured by the first camera in a form based on a result of the comparison by said comparison unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said comparison unit compares the analysis result corresponding to the image captured by the first camera with the analysis result corresponding to the image captured by the second camera installed at a position having a predetermined relationship with the first camera.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit controls to display the image captured by the first camera at a size based on the result of the comparison by said comparison unit.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if it is decided that a degree of congestion corresponding to the image captured by the first camera is a first degree of congestion higher than a predetermined degree of congestion and a degree of congestion corresponding to the image captured by the second camera is a second degree of congestion lower than the first degree of congestion by not less than a predetermined difference, said control unit controls to display the image captured by the first camera in a predetermined form.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said comparison unit compares a first degree of congestion corresponding to the first image captured by the first camera with a second degree of congestion corresponding to the second image captured by the second camera corresponding to the first camera and a third degree of congestion corresponding to a third image captured by a third camera corresponding to the first camera.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said comparison unit compares a degree of abnormal obtained from the image captured by the first camera with a degree of abnormal obtained from the image captured by the second camera corresponding to the first camera.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a unit configured to associate the first camera with the second camera based on movement of a moving object detected in the image captured by the first camera.

8. A display control method of controlling display of images captured by a plurality of cameras, comprising:

comparing an analysis result corresponding to an image captured by a first camera of the plurality of cameras with an analysis result corresponding to an image captured by a second camera corresponding to the first camera; and

controlling to display the image captured by the first camera in a form based on a result of the comparison.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein in the comparing, the analysis result corresponding to the image captured by the first camera is compared with the analysis result corresponding to the image captured by the second camera installed at a position having a predetermined relationship with the first camera.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein in the controlling, it is controlled to display the image captured by the first camera at a size based on the result of the comparison.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein in the controlling, if it is decided that a degree of congestion corresponding to the image captured by the first camera is a first degree of congestion higher than a predetermined degree of congestion and a degree of congestion corresponding to the image captured by the second camera is a second degree of congestion lower than the first degree of congestion by not less than a predetermined difference, it is controlled to display the image captured by the first camera in a predetermined form.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein in the comparing, a first degree of congestion corresponding to the first image captured by the first camera is compared with a second degree of congestion corresponding to the second image captured by the second camera corresponding to the first camera and a third degree of congestion corresponding to a third image captured by a third camera corresponding to the first camera.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein in the comparing, a degree of abnormal obtained from the image captured by the first camera is compared with a degree of abnormal obtained from the image captured by the second camera corresponding to the first camera.

14. The method according to claim 8, further comprising associating the first camera with the second camera based on movement of a moving object detected in the image captured by the first camera.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to control display of images captured by a plurality of cameras, the program for causing the computer to:

compare an analysis result corresponding to an image captured by a first camera of the plurality of cameras with an analysis result corresponding to an image captured by a second camera corresponding to the first camera; and

control to display the image captured by the first camera in a form based on a result of the comparison.

16. The medium according to claim 15, wherein in the comparing, the analysis result corresponding to the image captured by the first camera is compared with the analysis result corresponding to the image captured by the second camera installed at a position having a predetermined relationship with the first camera.

17. The medium according to claim 15, wherein in the controlling, it is controlled to display the image captured by the first camera at a size based on the result of the comparison.

18. The medium according to claim 15, wherein the program for further causing the computer to associate the first camera with the second camera based on movement of a moving object detected in the image captured by the first camera.