Patent ID: 9277189
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G08B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A monitor camera controller capable of controlling a plurality of monitor cameras connected via a network, the monitor camera controller comprising: an information receiver configured to receive a first control request from a second monitor camera controller which is connected via the network and which is different from the monitor camera controller, information from the plurality of monitor cameras, or videos of the plurality of monitor cameras; an input/output interface configured to receive commands from an input terminal that controls the plurality of monitor cameras; a control request converter configured to analyze a received first control request and convert the received first control request to a second control request which can be received by the plurality of monitor cameras, wherein the control request converter is further configured to give preference to pan, tilt and zoom control requests issued from the second monitor camera controller over commands from the input/output interface; an information transmitter configured to transmit the second control request to the plurality of monitor cameras; a video display configured to display videos received from one or more of the plurality of monitor cameras, wherein if a control request concerning part or all of pan, tilt and zoom for an object monitor camera is issued as the first control request from the second monitor camera controller, the video display displays from the object monitor camera controlled by the second monitor camera controller; a video synthesizer configured to synthesize videos from the plurality of monitor cameras that are transmitted from the plurality of monitor cameras in response to the second control request transmitted from the information transmitter; a position converter configured to: specify positions for videos from one or more of the plurality of monitor cameras, determine the monitor camera for which the command is given, by issuing a capability inquiry request including part or all of pan, tilt, and zoom to the plurality of monitor cameras, select one monitor camera from the plurality of monitor camera as a selected object monitor camera, instruct the information transmitter to transmit video from the selected object monitor camera to the second monitor camera controller; and the information transmitter is configured to: transmit the video synthesized by the video synthesizer to the second monitor camera controller, and transmit video from the selected object monitor camera to the second monitor camera controller.