Patent ID: 6809760
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: G01S,H04N

Abstract:
A camera control apparatus for controlling a plurality of cameras for tracking an object, said camera control apparatus comprising:an obtaining device for obtaining, from the camera which is tracking the object (a) information on a position of the object within a picked-up image and (b) information on an object distance; and a control device for performing such control as to change the camera which tracks the object from a first camera to a second camera which contains adjustable focus, on the basis of (a) the information on the position of the object within the picked-up image and (b) the information on the object distance obtained by said obtaining device; wherein, when said control device changes the camera which tracks the object from the first camera to the second camera and changes the attitude of the second camera, said obtaining device obtains the information on the object distance which is determined in accordance with the focus state adjusted for the changed attitude, from the second camera.