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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:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 ; H04N 7/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 ; H04N 7/14 ;
Abstract
A camera control system capable of controlling a video camera of a camera server apparatus according to a control command from clients is arranged not to accept requests for a right to control the video camera from any of clients when the number of clients receiving a video image picked up by the video camera exceeds a predetermined number. If the number of clients is less than the predetermined number, the camera control system, upon receipt of a request for the control right from any of clients, accepts the request to permit the client to control the video camera.