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Information control system using camera

US6977672B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 17, 2000
Grant dateDec 20, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

It is an object to provide an information control system capable of executing a desired action in accordance with the angle position of a camera. This system includes an action storage unit for storing the image sensing range of the camera and the contents of actions corresponding to the image sensing range, a comparing unit for comparing the current image sensing range of the camera with the contents stored in the action storage unit, and an action activating unit for activating an action corresponding to the image sensing range of the camera on the basis of the comparison result obtained by the comparing unit.

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