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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2001
Akira Suga, Tokyo, JP;
Tomotaka Muramoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Katsumi Iijima, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Mitsutake, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masayoshi Sekine, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Suga, Tokyo, JP;
Tomotaka Muramoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Katsumi Iijima, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Mitsutake, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masayoshi Sekine, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a video system of the invention, control means is provided for a terminal input apparatus which is connected by a communication network of a camera on the partner side and which comprises an image display apparatus having a multiwindow display function for selecting and displaying the camera. An image pickup operation which is required to the camera on the partner side, for example, the image pickup direction, focal distance, panning, exposure amount, white balance, automatic focusing, and the like of the designated camera are inputted by using an image display and a window display of the image display apparatus. The operation of the camera on the partner side and the operations of a tripod, a movable arm, and the like to hold the camera are controlled through communicating means. A photographed image is displayed by the display apparatus.