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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Eric Nassor, Thorigné-Fouillard, FR;
Naél Ouedraogo, Maure de Bretagne, FR;
Jonathan Taquet, Talensac, FR;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for enabling control, by a control device, of a video camera in a video surveillance system comprising a plurality of video cameras is disclosed. According to the method, first a signature of the control device is obtained from the control device. Information corresponding to the signature of the control device from a video stream generated by a video camera of the system is identified, and the control device is associated with the video camera that generated the video stream in which information corresponding to the signature of the control device has been identified, thereby enabling control of the video camera by the control device.