Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
348211900 | Camera characteristics affecting control (zoom angle, distance to camera time delays, weight, etc.) | 22 |
20090290032 | SELF CALIBRATION OF EXTRINSIC CAMERA PARAMETERS FOR A VEHICLE CAMERA - A system and method for calibrating a camera on a vehicle as the vehicle is being driven. The method includes identifying at least two feature points in at least two camera images from a vehicle that has moved between taking the images. The method then determines a camera translation direction between two camera positions. Following this, the method determines a ground plane in camera coordinates based on the corresponding feature points from the images and the camera translation direction. The method then determines a height of the camera above the ground and a rotation of the camera in vehicle coordinates. | 11-26-2009 |
20100157075 | Image capture system, image presentation method, and program - An image capture system includes: an automatic photography controlling section for executing an automatic photography operation to thereby obtain captured-image data from an image resulting from image capture performed by an image-capture section; a display section having a display screen section on which the image is displayed; a moving mechanism section having a mechanism for moving a movement unit so that a display direction of the display section is changed in conjunction with an image-capture direction; a captured-image display controlling section for controlling the display section so that the image of the obtained captured-image data is displayed on the display screen section; and a movement controlling section for controlling the moving mechanism section so as to move the movement unit so that the display direction is directed toward a subject person in a mode in which the image of the captured-image data is displayed. | 06-24-2010 |
20100302389 | PRESENTATION DEVICE - A document presentation device | 12-02-2010 |
20100302390 | PRESENTATION DEVICE - A document presentation device | 12-02-2010 |
20110032368 | System for Emulating Continuous Pan/Tilt Cameras - A system for emulating a continuous pan/tilt camera includes a camera having an image sensor for capturing an image. A camera orientation system includes a tip/tilt orientation mechanism having two axes of rotation with constrained range of movement for positioning the camera to capture the image within a hemispherical space. The two axes of rotation are generally orthogonal to each other and generally parallel to a plane forming a back side of the hemispheric space. An image transformation system rotates a portion of the captured image to emulate the continuous pan/tilt camera. The camera further includes a control system for adjusting an active area of the image sensor in response to a divergence between an optical center of the image sensor and a mechanical center of camera orientation system. The image transformation system is configurable in response to a spatial orientation of the hemispherical space. | 02-10-2011 |
20110037865 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A camera that is connected to a PC via a network sends an action decision program in response to an operation screen request from the PC, and obtains a decision result from the PC | 02-17-2011 |
20110050927 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus receives images from the image capturing apparatus and displays them on a screen. The information processing apparatus then receives the designation of an image area by a user with respect to an image displayed on the screen, and calculates white balance information based on color information from the designated image area of the image displayed when the designation was received. The apparatus determines, based on the color information of the image area on the image displayed when the designation was received and the color information of image areas on a predetermined number of images received before the image, whether the white balance information to be calculated is proper. Upon determining that the information is proper, the apparatus applies the calculated white balance information to the image capturing apparatus. Upon determining that the information is not proper, the apparatus issues a corresponding warning. | 03-03-2011 |
20110205380 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THESE APPARATUSES - In an image sensing system in which a master camera and a slave camera are communicatably connected, the master camera acquires delay time information of the slave camera, indicative of delay time from the moment of reception of an exposure-start instruction signal to the moment of a start of exposure of the slave camera, and based on the acquired delay time information, controls at least one of the exposure-start timing of the master camera and the transmission timing for transmitting the exposure-start instruction signal to the slave camera. | 08-25-2011 |
20110267481 | CAMERA PLATFORM SYSTEM AND IMAGING SYSTEM - The camera platform system of the present invention operates at least one function selected from zoom/focus/tilt/pan/iris of a mounted camera or lens in response to an operation instruction output from an operation device. The camera platform system includes a drive control unit configured to convert an operation instruction output from the operation device into a drive control signal corresponding to any one motion of the zoom/focus/tilt/pan/iris; a motion prediction position calculation unit configured to calculate a motion prediction position of any one of the zoom/focus/tilt/pan/iris based on the drive control signal converted by the drive control unit; and a motion prediction position output unit configured to output the motion prediction position, which has been calculated by the motion prediction position calculation unit, as motion prediction position information. | 11-03-2011 |
20120057037 | IMAGING CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus for controlling an imaging apparatus capable of changing an imaging direction of an imaging unit in panning and tilting directions includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and an provision unit configured to provide, together with the captured image, when the imaging direction of the imaging unit coincides with a panning rotational axis for rotating the imaging direction in the panning direction, a panning direction guide for indicating that changing the imaging direction in the panning direction rotates the captured image around an intersection of an optical axis of the imaging unit and a plane containing the captured image. | 03-08-2012 |
20120120267 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE-CAPTURING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to, for example, an electronic apparatus, a control method, and a program that are capable of realizing an image-capturing system that is more intelligent than existing systems and useful for the user, and to the image-capturing system. | 05-17-2012 |
20120188388 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING CAMERA - A method of controlling a camera to photograph a target, the method including: obtaining position information about a plurality of reference points which are positioned around the target; obtaining panning angles and tilting angles of the camera for the reference points; obtaining position information about the target from information about the target which is received from a radar device; obtaining a panning angle and tilting angle of the camera for the target, based on the position information about the reference points, the panning angles and tilting angles of the camera for the reference points, and the position information about the target; and controlling panning and tilting of the camera based on the panning angle and tilting angle of the camera for the target. | 07-26-2012 |
20130194444 | IMAGE CAPTURE CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD OF LIMITING CONTROL RANGE OF IMAGE CAPTURE DIRECTION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capture control apparatus for controlling the image capture direction of an image capture unit limits the control range of the image capture direction to part of a range where the image capture direction is changeable, and generates, based on the output of the image capture unit, an image having an aspect ratio selected from a plurality of aspect ratios. | 08-01-2013 |
20130208135 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - An display apparatus and a method of setting a view angle thereof are provided. The method includes in response to an occurrence of a predetermined event, displaying, on an area of a display screen, a view angle guiding user interface which guides setting a view angle of a camera connected to the display apparatus; and setting the view angle of the camera using the view angle guiding UI. | 08-15-2013 |
20130258126 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus receives images from the image capturing apparatus and displays them on a screen. The information processing apparatus then receives the designation of an image area by a user with respect to an image displayed on the screen, and calculates white balance information based on color information from the designated image area of the image displayed when the designation was received. The apparatus determines, based on the color information of the image area on the image displayed when the designation was received and the color information of image areas on a predetermined number of images received before the image, whether the white balance information to be calculated is proper. Upon determining that the information is proper, the apparatus applies the calculated white balance information to the image capturing apparatus. Upon determining that the information is not proper, the apparatus issues a corresponding warning. | 10-03-2013 |
20140232889 | AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURING INFORMATION SUCH AS CAPTURING INFORMATION USING A DOCUMENT-AWARE DEVICE - A system and method for automatically changing the operation of a mobile device in response to a presence of information is described. In some examples, the system determines an information capture device is proximate to text, automatically changes operation of the capture device to a certain mode, captures the text, and performs an action associated with the captured text. | 08-21-2014 |
20150022681 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC IMAGE-CAPTURING CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An automatic image-capturing apparatus including an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject so as to obtain captured image data; an automatic captured-image obtaining unit configured to automatically obtain the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing unit without being based on an operation of a user; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination in at least one of a pan direction and a tilt direction; and a control unit configured to control the obtaining operation performed by the automatic captured-image obtaining unit on the basis of information on the inclination in the pan direction or in the tilt direction, the inclination being detected by the inclination detection unit. | 01-22-2015 |
20150036013 | REMOTE-CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND SYSTEM - A remote-control apparatus which remotely controls an image capturing apparatus, comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with the image capturing apparatus; a reception unit configured to receive video data and a parameter obtained at the time of shooting of video from the image capturing apparatus via the communication unit; a display unit configured to display the video data; a designation unit configured to designate an area of the video displayed by the display unit; an acquisition unit configured to acquire predetermined information from video data of the designated area; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the predetermined information and the parameter to the image capturing apparatus via the communication unit. | 02-05-2015 |
20150062362 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD - An image processing system includes a processor and a number of modules. The modules include an information acquiring module, a time determining module, and a data output module. The information acquiring module acquires location information and time information associated with each location information, and acquires location information of the capturing ranges associated with the capturing devices. The time determining module determines the capturing ranges where the electronic device has already entered, and determines first time points that the electronic device enters the determined capturing ranges and second time points that the electronic device leaves the determined capturing ranges. The data output module obtains a plurality of sections from videos captured by the plurality of capturing devices between the first time points and the second time points, and inserting a pre-stored audio into the obtained sections in response to the output request. | 03-05-2015 |
20150109470 | Pan-Tilt-Zoom Device Identification Method, Pan-Tilt-Zoom Device, Camera, and Pan-Tilt-Zoom Device Control System - A pan-tilt-zoom device identification method, a pan-tilt-zoom device, a camera, and a pan-tilt-zoom device control system are provided. The corresponding method includes, when a pan-tilt-zoom device finds that a device connects to a predetermined interface, sending a keep-alive command to the connecting device, where the keep-alive command includes pan-tilt-zoom device capability information carrying a control function of the pan-tilt-zoom device; and determining, by the connecting device, the control function of the pan-tilt-zoom device according to the keep-alive command, and reporting control capability information of the pan-tilt-zoom device. | 04-23-2015 |
20160105617 | Method and System for Performing Client-Side Zooming of a Remote Video Feed - The various embodiments described herein include a method for zooming a remote video feed performed at a client device. The method includes: receiving a first video feed having a first field of view from a camera located remotely from the client device; displaying the first field of view; and detecting a user input to zoom in on a particular portion. The method further includes: in response to detecting the user input, performing a software zoom function at the client device to display a second field of view corresponding to the particular portion at a first resolution; sending a crop command to the camera; in response to sending the crop command, receiving a second video feed from the camera, the second video feed corresponding to a cropped version of the first video feed and having a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution; and displaying the second video feed. | 04-14-2016 |
20160205316 | MOTOR CONTROL METHOD, MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND CAMERA | 07-14-2016 |