Patent ID: 6727940
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image distributing system for distributing images from a camera at least one of whose panning, tilting, and zooming can be controlled through a network, comprising:a receiving unit which receives information about an image sensing area of said camera which is required by each of a plurality of client terminals; a control unit which controls said camera to include the image sensing areas of said camera which are required from said respective terminals, wherein said control unit calculates an image sensing direction in which the image sensing area of said camera which is required from each of said client terminals is included, and controls panning and/or tilting of said camera in accordance with the calculated image sensing direction; and a distributing unit which extracts images of the image sensing areas of said camera which are required from said respective client terminals, from an image sensed by said camera controlled by said control unit and distributing the extracted images to said respective client terminals.