Patent ID: 7399128

Claim:
A camera control system, comprising: a camera to be disposed in a remote place, said camera having an optical axis; driving means for driving said camera to have said optical axis of said camera moved in each of horizontal and vertical directions; position detecting means for detecting a position of said optical axis of said camera in each of said horizontal and vertical directions; position information storing means for storing position information indicative of positions to which said camera is angularly moved; and remote controlling apparatus to be electrically connected to said driving means through a communication network, said remote controlling apparatus including a mouse and display means having a screen, wherein said screen has an enlarged size image section and divided image sections, said remote controlling apparatus controls said driving means to ensure that said camera is angularly moved in said horizontal and vertical directions, said camera takes images corresponding to said positions, said images are displayed on said divided image sections. said positions are linked to said respective images displayed on said divided image section, said driving means moves said camera on the basis of said position information at regular time intervals to ensure that said images displayed on said divided image section are updated to images taken by said camera, when said images displayed on said divided image sections are selectively clicked by said mouse, said driving means moves said camera to a position linked to an image clicked by said mouse to ensure that said camera moved to said position linked to said image clicked by said mouse takes a moving image, and said display means displays, on said enlarged size image section, said moving image taken by said camera moved to said position linked to said image clicked by said mouse.