Patent ID: 6489944
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A portable remote camera controlling apparatus comprising:a portable image display unit; an image input unit mounted on the portable image display unit for providing a base image corresponding to a view of the portable image display unit at an initial position; a controller for processing input image data produced by the image input unit, for detecting a movement of the view of the portable image display unit to a subsequent position, and for remote controlling a view of a remote camera in accordance with a detected movement, wherein the remote camera is placed remotely from the portable image display unit in a physical space; an image data generator for generating data indicative of the view of the remote camera controlled by the controller, in which a resultant image generated by the image data generator is displayed on the portable image display unit; and a movement calculator for calculating a horizontal pixel level shift and a vertical pixel level shift of the portable image display unit based on the detected movement of the view of the portable image display unit from the initial position to the subsequent position and respectively translated to an angle of rotation about a horizontal direction and an angle of rotation about a vertical direction for controlling the view of the remote camera and a resultant display on the portable image display unit.