Patent ID: 6313875
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
Image pickup control apparatus for controlling a plurality of cameras through a communications means, a plurality of image pickup control apparatuses being coupled to the communications means, each camera being controllable by each of the plurality of image pickup control apparatuses coupled to the communications means, said image pickup control apparatus comprising:image display means for inputting image signals picked-up by the plurality of cameras, and for displaying the images as multi-windows;designation means for designating a desired image from the multi-windows; andcontrol means for controlling, through the communication means, at least one of a focal distance and an image pickup direction of a camera which picked-up the image designated by said designation means, and for preventing the other image pickup control apparatuses of said plurality of image pickup control apparatuses from controlling the camera corresponding to the image designated by said designation means through said communication means.