Patent ID: 7015953

Claim:
A method of controlling at least one camera to so that said at least one camera captures the image of each of plurality of different objects within a common area capable of being imaged by controlling the camera field of view of said at least one camera responsive to a command from a corresponding one of a plurality of users, each associated with an object, comprising the steps of: associating with each of the plurality of users at least one field of view for a corresponding one of the plurality of objects within the common area imaged by the camera; remembering the at least one field of view of each of the plurality of objects imaged by the at least one camera; receiving a command from one of the plurality of users command to capture the image of a corresponding one of the plurality of objects; identifying which of the plurality of users issued the command; automatically controlling the field of view of the at least one camera to the at least one field of view remembered for the object corresponding to the user that issued the command.