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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8009199 | Composite photographing method and mobile terminal using the same A composite photographing method and mobile terminal using the same are disclosed. The composite photographing method includes receiving a composite shooting request, demarcating a target scene into individual shooting areas on the basis of a touch event signal from... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7433760 | Camera and animation controller, systems and methods Embodiments of the invention provide novel controllers for filmmaking and/or animation, as well as systems and methods for their use. In a set of embodiments, a controller has an actuator (e.g., a joystick, etc.) that receives input from a user for controlling an ob... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7340271 | Dual input mobile communication device A dual input mobile communication device. The mobile communication device can include a housing having an exterior, the exterior including a first face side and a second face side, the second face side located on an opposite side of the housing from the first face s... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7236185 | Image capturing system When an image capturing apparatus and an operation apparatus become connected to each other, function information is transmitted from the image capturing apparatus to the operation apparatus. The operation apparatus can recognize the functions effective in the image... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7218342 | Pan/tilt/zoom surveillance system and method for dynamically adjusting a user defined image picture mask A surveillance camera apparatus includes a first storage unit for storing a size of pixels configuring a image-sensor, a computation unit for performing a computation using first information, second information, third information, and fourth information to calculate... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215367 | Image data control system and method for capturing and displaying an original image of an object A system for controlling original image data of an object captured thereby and a method using the system. The system includes a digital camera and an image display terminal. The digital camera forms image line data having a plurality of image line data units represe... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206019 | Apparatus and method for inhibiting control apparatuses from controlling camera when another control apparatus controls camera In a video system of the invention, control means is provided for a terminal input apparatus which is connected by a communication network of a camera on the partner side and which comprises an image display apparatus having a multiwindow display function for select... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196722 | Multiple camera video system which displays selected images Multiple streams of data are streamed to a user's terminal with images from different cameras. Low resolution thumbnail images tell the user what image streams are available. A focus stream provides high resolution images from a selected camera. A user can switch th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7161617 | Data monitoring system A system for adding monitoring capability to equipment located within a video, audio and/or data production facility. A sampling device is connected to a data communications network and transmits a continuous representation of the video, audio or data being sampled ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151562 | Method and apparatus for external calibration of a camera via a graphical user interface A camera of a camera-based image processing system is calibrated using a graphical user interface (GUI) of the system. A representation of an area in which the camera is to be operated is presented via the GUI, and calibration information is obtained for each of a s... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7123820 | Digital recording/reproducing apparatus for surveillance Arbitrarily setting display patterns of live pictures or reproduced pictures per monitoring area in accordance with the purpose of use. Video signals 41 of the picture shot by monitoring cameras installed in a plurality of locations are digitized per monitori... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7061525 | Apparatus and method for controlling a camera based on a displayed image In an image receiving apparatus, a command for operating a camera is detected on the screen of a monitor on which an image formed by the camera is displayed. The detected camera operating command is recognized and a camera control command is formed on the basis of t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057643 | Image capturing system, image capturing apparatus, and manual operating apparatus A portable phone which is a manual operating apparatus of an image capturing system has an image processing section 340, an operation control section 341 and a communication section 342. The image processing section 340 acquires informati... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7015953 | Multi-user camera control system and method A multi-user camera control system with automatic tracking capability for use in video conferencing and similar applications includes a plurality of personal controllers, one for each person utilizing the system. Each personal controller includes a micro-computer co... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6980238 | Image communication system and method utilizing self-portrait and partner display windows An image communication system can transmit and receive an image via a communication line. The system supplies a self-portrait image from a self-portrait photographing unit and a partner image from a partner photographing unit and displays the self-portrait image on ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6965399 | Camera control system When a control command for a video camera is entered, a client issues an acquisition request for a video camera control right and a camera server issues a permission command for the video camera control right in response to the acquisition request for the video came... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6943846 | Multi-picture in picture system A multi-picture in picture system in which each camera is coupled in a daisy chain adds its part of the complete picture on a CVBS-line. The television/monitor doesn't have to prepare the complete picture because each camera does it. Furthermore, no problems with lo... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6919921 | Camera control using scroll bar for tilt control and having display of tilting direction and controllable range information A camera control system is arranged to improve operability of at least a camera or each of a plurality of cameras for panning and tilting control over the camera by permitting simultaneous confirmation of the photo-taking postures of the camera in the direction of t... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6903765 | Control apparatus, control system, control method and storage medium of the same Herein provided is a control system capable of efficiently and assuredly performing a remote-control of a plurality of instruments. When the plurality of instruments, which are connected to a network 600 and controllable by a computer, namely a first camera | 06/07/2005 |
| 6891566 | Digital video system using networked cameras A digital video system including a computer connected via a network to a number of video servers and cameras. The computer includes a program that provides a grid of display windows, each of which displays an image received from the camera associated with that windo... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6891567 | Camera messaging and advertisement system A digital photography messaging and advertisement system wherein a message center maintains records of camera purchasers, and each corresponding camera identification (ID). The message center prepares and collects messages, putting them in categories including perso... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6803946 | Video camera apparatus with preset operation and a video camera monitor system including the same A preset operation is effected to a video camera which takes an image around it, generates a video signal from the image, processing and outputting the video signal. The video camera includes electrical control unit for controlling the video camera to process the vi... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6762766 | Image processing computer system for photogrammetric analytical measurement In an image processing computer system for a photogrammetric analytical measurement in which a survey map is formed by successively connecting survey map sections to each other, each survey map section is produced based on a set of pictures photographed for the meas... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6714238 | Video/audio communication system with confirmation capability A system utilizes the camera control server of the CPU to transfer the camera control command, received through the network, to the camera control device to control the camera in order to vary the audio input/output characteristics in linkage with the camera operati... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6700605 | Apparatus for monitoring In a monitoring device, a camera controller controls each of cameras, a display controller controls at least one display to show thereon a picture taken by at least one of the cameras to be monitored by an operator and controls a picture recorder to recor... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6697105 | Camera control system and method A camera control system for selecting one camera from among a plurality of controllable cameras connected in a network and for making it possible to display video from the camera and to control the camera is adapted to display a map. One or more camera sy... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6680746 | Apparatus and method for controlling configuration of video camera A camera control system for displaying a video image inputted from a plurality of cameras, wherein in order to easily control each camera, a map showing positions of cameras is prepared. Along with the map, icons indicating the positions of cameras are di... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6677990 | Control device for image input apparatus A control device for an image input apparatus which is equipped with an optical system having a magnification varying lens, includes a monitor for displaying input images, an input device which enables an arbitrary position on a display screen of the moni... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6597393 | Camera control system In observing images picked up by a plurality of cameras connected to a network in a surveillance camera system or the like, the conventional arrangement necessitates a client device to switch an image display obtained from one camera over to an image disp... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6556240 | Video camera system having remote commander An image pickup system that is small in scale, handy to maneuver, easy to operate and advanced in editing capabilities is disclosed. A commander device is used both as a remote commander and as a microphone in operating a video camera for image pickup. We... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6542191 | Image display apparatus, camera control apparatus and method An image display apparatus capable of selecting an arbitrary camera from a plurality of cameras connected via a network and displaying an image sensed by the selected camera. The image display apparatus includes a first memory unit for storing predetermin... | 04/01/2003 |
| 5745161 | Video conference system A video conference system, which is arranged to conduct a video conference among multiple points by communicating at least images and sounds among the multiple points, includes a monitor for displaying moving images respectively obtained from a plurality ... | 04/28/1998 |
