Patent ID: 6133941
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A camera control system which allows a remote client to control a video camera, comprising:a camera control server for controlling the video camera connected thereto, said camera control server includingregistration means which can register a plurality of clients which issued acquirement requests of a control authority in a queue for acquiring the control authority of the video camera,calculation means for calculating wait times until acquirement of the control authority for clients which are registered by said registration means and have no control authority, andoutput means for outputting the wait times calculated by said calculation means to the corresponding clients; anda client which can control the video camera from a remote place, said client includingissuance means for issuing an acquirement request of the control authority to said camera control server,count means for counting a wait time until acquirement of the control authority of the video camera on the basis of the wait time received from said camera control server, anddisplay means for displaying the wait time counted by said count means.