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US 2001/0033332 A1Published application
Camera control system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsEIJI KATO, YOUICHI KAZAMA
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsEIJI KATO, YOUICHI KAZAMA
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In observing images picked up by a plurality of cameras connected to a network in a surveillance camera system or the like, the conventional arrangement necessitates a client device to switch an image display obtained from one camera over to an image display obtained from another by a manual operation, which has been troublesome. To solve this problem, a camera control system is arranged to automatically switch an image display obtained from one camera over to an image display from another at suitable intervals. The camera control system is further arranged to automatically control the image pickup directions of each camera and, in the event of occurrence of an error in any of the cameras, to carry on its automatic control operation by skipping the camera at which the error has occurred.
A camera control system capable of controlling a plurality of video cameras, said camera control system comprising:
A control method for a camera control system capable of controlling a plurality of video cameras, said control method comprising:
A storage medium which stores therein a program for executing control over a camera control system capable of controlling a plurality of video cameras, said program comprising processes of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.