Patent ID: 8289393

Claim:
A camera control unit for use in a camera image display system, the camera control unit comprising: a position information acquisition unit operable to acquire geometric position information of one or more objects captured by a camera having a controllable capturing direction and a controllable zoom ratio; a capturing area determination unit operable to determine a capturing area of the camera so that the one or more captured objects do not cross a border of any of a plurality of displays and so that all of the one or more captured objects are displayed in the plurality of displays, the capturing area being determined based on the geometric position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit, the displays of the plurality of displays being arranged in a continuous manner to form a united display area, and the displays of the plurality of displays being configured to display images obtained by dividing an image captured by the camera so as to maintain a seamless display of the displayed images; an angle of view/capturing direction computation unit operable to compute an angle of view and a capturing direction of the camera based on the determined capturing area of the camera; a camera control signal generation unit operable to generate a camera control signal for controlling the camera to conform to the computed angle of view and the computed capturing direction; a camera control signal sending unit operable to send the generated camera control signal to the camera; and a processor configured to control at least one of the position information acquisition unit, the capturing area determination unit, the angle of view/capturing direction computation unit, the camera control signal generation unit, and the camera control signal sending unit, wherein the capturing area determination unit sets a temporary capturing area based on positions of ends of the one or more objects, and sets temporary border lines so that the temporary capturing area is divided into equal divisions.