Patent · US Expired

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

US6529234B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 14, 1997
Grant dateMar 4, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/695
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a system in which a plurality of cameras and microphones, the image pickup directions and audio input directions of which can be remote-controlled, are arranged on a network, when an image pickup inhibited region is set, and when a network client remote-controls a certain camera to pickup a range including the image pickup inhibited region, a portion corresponding to the image pickup inhibited region is not displayed, and sound corresponding to the region is not output.

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