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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2006
Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Hama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Nedu, Chiba, JP;
Takeyoshi Kuroya, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaaki Kurebayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Hama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Nedu, Chiba, JP;
Takeyoshi Kuroya, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaaki Kurebayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A monitoring system includes a picture capturing unit, a storage unit for storing original images composed of still images captured by said picture capturing unit, or a compressed images composed of compressed still images generated by compressing the still images, an image display unit, a designating unit for designating a region in an image displayed on the image display unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls said image display unit to display a panoramic entire image composed of the stored original images or compressed images, and updates only an image in the designated region in the entire image.