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US 2009/0158364 A1Published application
System and method for remotely controlling a camera
AssigneeVerizon Data Services Inc.
InventorPeter Jayaprathap SWAMIDAS
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Abstract
A system and method for remotely controlling a camera may include a telephony device communicatively coupled to a data network. The telephony device comprises at least one module adapted to generate a control signal in response to receiving a user command associated with dialing of an emergency telephone number. A camera may be adapted to start capturing images in response of receiving the control signal.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- generating a control signal, for at least one camera, in response to receiving a user command associated with dialing of an emergency telephone number;
- and
- transmitting the control signal to the at least one camera, wherein the control signal causes the at least one camera to start capturing images.
A system, comprising:
- a telephony device communicatively coupled to a data network, wherein the telephony device comprises at least one module adapted to generate a control signal for a camera in response to receiving a user command associated with dialing of an emergency telephone number.
The system of claim 18, wherein the telephony device is further adapted to receive a command to manipulate the camera, wherein the command comprises at least one of:
- zooming in, zooming out, rotating shooting angle, moving vertically and moving horizontally.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.