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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1997
Yoichi Kamei, Chofu, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
For easy operation of switching a plurality of cameras, the cameras are arranged in juxtaposition such that the image-sensible range between the cameras partially overlap each other. A frame indicative of a combined image-sensible range which includes an image-sensible range of each of the plurality of cameras is displayed on a monitor screen, and a frame indicative of an image-sensing range of a selected camera is displayed in the frame with a position and size corresponding to the direction and magnification of the image sensing. A sensed image of a corresponding camera is continuously displayed in the frame . By moving the frame , the image-sensing direction of the corresponding camera is controlled, and by enlarging/reducing the frame , the magnification of the corresponding camera is controlled. When the frame is moved to an image-sensible range of another camera, a camera subject to the control operation or image displaying is switched to another camera which corresponds to the new image-sensible range.