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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
Eiji Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Youichi Kazama, Machida, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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 display obtained from another by a manual operation, which has been troublesome. To solve this problem, a camera control system is arranged to automatically switch an image display obtained from one camera over to an image display from another at suitable intervals. The camera control system is further arranged to automatically control the image pickup directions of each camera and, in the event of occurrence of an error in any of the cameras, to carry on its automatic control operation by skipping the camera at which the error has occurred.