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Image pickup control apparatus and method wherein other control apparatuses are inhibited from controlling a camera

US6313875A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 15, 1996
Grant dateNov 6, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/147
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Image pickup control apparatus and method displays, on a screen, an image picked up a camera and transmitted through a communications system. A plurality of control devices may control the camera through the communications system. When one of the control devices is in control of the camera through the communications system, the other control devices are inhibited from controlling the camera.

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