Camera control system, camera server, camera client, control method, and storage medium

A camera server which has a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, and transfers an image sensed by said camera device to a remote client in accordance with an instruction from the client, comprising:

• storage means for storing image data sensed by said camera device and angle information of that image data in predetermined storage means;
• search means for searching said storage means in accordance with the angle information in the instruction information when the instruction information is received from the client;
• and
• image data transfer means for transferring the image data found by said search means to the client.

A camera client connected to a camera server which has a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, and stores sensed image data in predetermined storage means together with image sensing angle information of that image data, comprising:

• input means for inputting angle information as search information;
• transfer means for transferring the input search information to said camera server;
• and
• display means for displaying image data found by and transferred from said camera server.

A method of controlling a camera server which has a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled and transfers an image sensed by said camera device to a remote client in accordance with an instruction from the client, comprising:

• the storage step of storing image data sensed by said camera device and angle information of that image data in predetermined storage means;
• the search step of searching said storage means in accordance with the angle information in the instruction information when the instruction information is received from the client;
• and
• the image data transfer step of transferring the image data found in the search step to the client.

A method of controlling a camera client connected to a camera server which has a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, and stores sensed image data in predetermined storage means together with image sensing angle information of that image data, comprising:

• the input step of inputting angle information as search information;
• the transfer step of transferring the input search information to said camera server;
• and
• the display step of displaying image data found by and transferred from said camera server.

A storage medium that stores a program for implementing a camera server which has a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, and transfers an image sensed by said camera device to a remote client in accordance with an instruction from the client, storing program codes which respectively implement:

• storage means for storing image data sensed by said camera device and angle information of that image data in predetermined storage means;
• search means for searching said storage means in accordance with the angle information in the instruction information when the instruction information is received from the client;
• and
• image data transfer means for transferring the image data found by said search means to the client.

A storage medium that stores a program for implementing a camera client connected to a camera server which has a camera device, an angle of which can be freely controlled, and stores sensed image data in predetermined storage means together with image sensing angle information of that image data, storing program codes which respectively implement:

• input means for inputting angle information as search information;
• transfer means for transferring the input search information to said camera server;
• and
• display means for displaying image data found by and transferred from said camera server.

A camera server which can transmit image data in accordance with requests from a plurality of clients, comprising:

• image sensing means;
• storage means for storing image data sensed by said image sensing means in association with predetermined information;
• and
• transmission means for transmitting image data which is being sensed to a predetermined client of the plurality of clients, and transmitting the image data stored in said storage means to the clients other than the predetermined client.