Patent ID: 7283177
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for remotely controlling an image capture apparatus, the image capture apparatus including a contrast adjusting function for adjusting a contrast value of the image capture apparatus, the control apparatus comprising: a communication unit adapted to transmit from the control apparatus to the image capture apparatus a first command requesting a current contrast value of the contrast adjusting function of the image capture apparatus, and to transmit from the control apparatus to the image capture apparatus a second command requesting a remotely controllable range of the contrast adjusting function; and a control unit adapted to detect the current contrast value of the contrast adjusting function from a response to the first command transmitted by the image capture apparatus, to detect the remotely controllable range of the contrast adjusting function from a response to the second command transmitted by the image capture apparatus, and to display the current contrast value and the remotely controllable range of the contrast adjusting function on a display unit of the control apparatus.