Patent ID: 7532238
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera control apparatus comprising: a display control device that controls a display of an image sensed by a camera, in accordance with an image signal output from the camera; a detection device that detects a figure inputted on a display screen on which the image is being displayed by said display control device; a selection device that collates a pattern of the figure detected by said detection device with figure patterns previously stored in a storage device, and selects a command to control a predetermined function of the camera in accordance with a figure pattern which corresponds to the detected figure; and an output device that outputs the command, wherein if said detection device detects a figure, comprising a plurality of line segments, that indicates a direction on the display screen, said selection device selects a control command for controlling a direction of the camera along the direction indicated by the figure, and the output device outputs a control command including a control amount of controlling the direction of the camera according to a length of a line segment included in the figure.