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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akitomo Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Eiji Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348211 ; 348 15 ; 348213 ;
Abstract
The name of one camera to be controlled is displayed in a camera-name display field of a camera control interface displayed on a screen. When a prescribed operation is performed, the names of cameras capable of being controlled are sorted in accordance with the degrees of frequency of use thereof so that the camera names are displayed in a list in order of decreasing frequency of use. By selecting one of the displayed camera names, the camera is selected as the camera to be controlled.