APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING MEANS

• Main Authors: IIJIMA TOSHIYUKI, KOYANAGI MASAKAZU, HOSONUMA NAOYASU, TAMAYAMA KEN, TOMITAKA TADAFUSA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.12.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily obtain a video that is designated by referring to a panorama image, from a pan tilter camera by displaying a moving range of the pan tilter camera as the panorama image. SOLUTION: The video photographed by a camera portion 11 is sent to a video capturing portion 29 of a computer 1. The video is displayed in an operation area 6A of a monitor 2. The panorama image of which the images in part or all moving range of a pan tilter 28 are combined is displayed in a panorama operation area 6B. A pan tilter portion 12 sends current positional information of pan and tilt to the computer 1 through a mode controller 23. With a mouse 8, the operation area 6A or the panorama operation area 6B is operated so as to select an object. The computer 1 obtains data for driving the pan tilter 28. Thus, the selected object is displayed at the center of the operation area 6A. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI