Patent ID: 6556241
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A remote-controlled camera-picture broadcast system comprising:a camera apparatus for acquiring a picture and producing a video signal of said picture; a camera controller for controlling said camera apparatus; a camera server connected to said camera controller through a first network, said first network being capable of inter-terminal communication or inter-terminal data transmission; clients connected to said camera server through a second network; wherein a said client may transmit an operation demand for said camera apparatus to said camera server through said second network according to an input of a user; said camera server receiving said operation demand transmitted from said client corresponding to the input of the user and transmitting an operation command corresponding to said operation demand, received from said client to said camera controller through said first network; said camera controller controlling said camera apparatus according to said operation command transmitted from said camera server so that said camera apparatus acquires a picture and produces a video signal of said picture; said camera controller receiving said video signal corresponding to said picture produced by said camera apparatus, converting said video signal to a picture data, and transmitting said picture data to said camera server through said first network; and said camera server transmitting, through said second network, said picture data to said client from which said operation demand has been transmitted, thereby displaying said picture corresponding to said picture data on a screen.