Camera monitoring system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Oya, Tomoaki Kawai
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Abstract
A camera control system having a plurality of cameras connected to a network, enabling users to be informed of such as status of use of each camera and each user's access right in a real-time manner. The system, where one of cameras controllable via the network is selected and video-display of output from the selected camera and operation of the camera are controlled, has camera-status display device for real-time displaying the statuses of at least two cameras.
Claims69
A monitoring terminal for monitoring an image picked up by a camera connected to a network, comprising:
- obtaining device arranged to obtain information concerning parameters of said camera including unchanging parameters and parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation in accordance with starting up said monitoring terminal and obtaining information concerning said parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation except for said unchanging parameters of the initial parameters of said camera after the initial start up;
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- display device arranged to display camera-status on the basis of the parameters of said camera which is obtained by the obtaining device, wherein said display device displays a pan angle by a direction of a camera symbol.
A method for monitoring an image picked up by a camera connected to a network, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining information concerning parameters of said camera including unchanging parameters and parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation in accordance with starting up a monitoring terminal and obtaining information concerning said parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation except for said unchanging parameters of the initial parameters of said camera after the initial startup;
- displaying on a screen, the camera-status on the basis of the parameters of said camera which are obtained by the obtaining step;
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- displaying a pan angle by a direction of a camera symbol.
A computer readable medium of monitoring terminals for monitoring an image picked up by a camera having computer usable program said program comprising the steps of:
- obtaining information concerning parameters of said camera including unchanging parameters and parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation connected to a network in accordance with starting up said monitoring terminal and obtaining information concerning said parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation except for said unchanging parameters of the initial parameters of said camera after the initial startup;
- displaying on a screen, the camera status on the basis of the parameters of said camera;
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- displaying a pan angle by a direction of a camera symbol.
A method for monitoring an image picked up by a camera connected to a network, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining information concerning parameters of said camera including unchanging parameters and parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation in accordance with starting up a setting operation of said camera and obtaining information concerning said parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation except for said unchanging parameters of the initial parameters of said camera after the starting up;
- displaying on screen, the camera-status on the basis of the parameters of said camera which is obtained in said obtaining step;
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- displaying a pan angle by a direction of a camera symbol.
A monitoring terminal for monitoring an image picked up by a camera connected to a network, comprising:
- obtaining device arranged do obtain information concerning parameters of said camera including unchanging parameters and parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation in accordance with starting up a setting operation of said camera and obtaining information concerning said parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation except for said unchanging parameters of the initial parameters of said camera after the initial start up;
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- display device arranged to display camera-status on the basis of the parameters of said camera which is obtained by the obtaining device, wherein said display device displays a pan angle by a direction of a camera symbol.
A computer readable medium of monitoring terminals for monitoring an image picked up by a camera having computer usable program said program comprising the steps of:
- obtaining information concerning parameters of said camera including unchanging parameters and parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation in accordance with starting up a setting operation of said camera and obtaining information concerning said parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation except fur said unchanging parameters of the initial parameters of said camera after the starting up;
- displaying on screen, the camera status on the basis of the parameters of said camera which is obtained in said obtaining step;
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- displaying a pan angle by a direction of a camera symbol.
A method for monitoring an image pieced rip by a camera connected to a network, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining information concerning parameters of said camera including unchanging parameters and parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation in accordance with a map displaying operation of said camera and obtaining information concerning said parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation except for said unchanging parameters of the initial parameters of said camera after the map displaying operation;
- displaying on screen the camera-status on the basis of the parameters of said camera which is obtained in the obtaining stop, and
- displaying a pan angle by a direction of a camera symbol on the map.
A monitoring terminal for monitoring an image picked up by a camera connected to a network, comprising:
- obtaining device arranged to obtain information concerning parameters of said camera including unchanging parameters and parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation in accordance with a map displaying operation of said camera and obtaining information concerning said parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation except for said unchanging parameters of the initial parameters of said camera after the map displaying operation;
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- display device arranged to display camera-status on the basis of the parameters of said camera which is obtained by the obtaining device, wherein said display device displays a pan angle by a direction of a camera symbol on the map.
A computer readable medium of monitoring terminals for monitoring an image picked up by a camera having computer usable program said program comprising the steps of:
- obtaining information concerning parameters of said camera including unchanging parameters and parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation in accordance with a map displaying operation of said camera and obtaining Information concerning said parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation except for said unchanging parameters of the initial parameters of said camera after the map displaying operation;
- displaying on screen the camera-status on the basis of the parameters of said camera which is obtained in the obtaining step, and
- displaying a pan angle by a direction of a camera symbol on the map.
A method for monitoring an image picked up by a camera connected to a network, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining information concerning parameters of said camera, including unchanging parameters and parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation in accordance with a camera symbol displaying operation and obtaining information concerning said parameters, whose conditions are changed by user's operation except far said unchanging parameters of the initial parameters of said camera after the camera symbol displaying operation;
- displaying camera-status on the basis of the parameters of said camera which is obtained in the obtaining step, and
- displaying a pan angle by a direction of a camera symbol.
A monitoring terminal for monitoring an image picked up by a camera connected to a network, comprising:
- obtaining device arranged to obtain information concerning parameters of said camera including unchanging parameters and parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation in accordance with a camera symbol displaying operation and obtaining information concerning said parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation except for said unchanging parameters of the initial parameters of said camera after the camera symbol displaying operation;
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- display device arranged to display camera-status on the basis of the parameters of said camera which is obtained by the obtaining device, wherein said display device displays a pan angle by a direction of a camera symbol on the map.
A computer readable medium of monitoring terminals for monitoring an image picked up by a camera having computer usable program said program comprising the steps of obtaining information concerning parameters of said camera including unchanging parameters and parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation in accordance with a camera symbol displaying operation and obtaining Information concerning said parameters whose conditions are changed by user's operation except for said unchanging parameters of the initial parameters of said camera after the camera symbol displaying operation;
- displaying camera-status on the basis of the parameters of said camera which is obtained in the obtaining step;
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- displaying a pan angle by a direction of a camera symbol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.