| US 7,532,238 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and method for controlling a camera based on a displayed image | ||
| Koichiro Tanaka, Yokohama (Japan); and Hiroki Yonezawa, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 09, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/148,290. | ||
| Application 11/148290 is a continuation of application No. 09/009932, filed on Jan. 21, 1998, granted, now 7,061,525. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 9-13943 (JP), filed on Jan. 28, 1997. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0225638 A1, Oct. 13, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/232 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—211.8 [348/211.13] | 24 Claims |
| 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.
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