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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Takahiro Kurosawa, Kunitachi, JP;
Kenichiro Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Kurosawa, Kunitachi, JP;
Kenichiro Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A video-image control apparatus enables a client to obtain the details of an object in a displayed video image. For this purpose, when the angle of a camerais changed in accordance with an instruction from an external device, it is determined whether or not the object (e.g., a copier) is within an image sensing view. If it is determined that the object is within the image sensing view, the current status of the object is obtained by request. Then, an image of a character string indicative of the status information is generated, and combined with the video image. The combined image is transferred via a communication interface unit to the external device.