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Granted Patent B2
US 11,842,518 · App. 17/723,278 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Camera apparatus, control method for camera apparatus, and storage medium

Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G06T7/80G06T7/97H04N23/633H04N23/661
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Patent No.
US 11,842,518
App. No.
17/723,278
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera apparatus includes a search unit configured to search for another camera apparatus connected to the camera apparatus via a network, and a display unit configured to display, on a terminal device, information related to a device connected to the another camera apparatus found by the search and an instruction area for issuing an instruction to display a video image that is generated by superimposing, on a video image captured by the another camera apparatus, the information related to the device connected to the another camera apparatus.

Claims (30)

1. A camera apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories including computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause a computer to function as:

a search unit configured to search for another camera apparatus connected to the camera apparatus via a network;

a determining unit configured to determine whether the another camera apparatus has a predetermined function or not; and

a display unit configured to display, on a terminal device, information related to a device related to the predetermined function and connected to the another camera apparatus found by the search and an instruction area for issuing an instruction to display a video image that is generated by superimposing, on a video image captured by the another camera apparatus, the information related to the device connected to the another camera apparatus, in a case where the determining unit determines that the another camera apparatus has the predetermined function.

2. The camera apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instruction area is a link for causing the terminal device to jump to a Uniform Resource Locator of the another camera apparatus.

3. The camera apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit displays, on the terminal device, information related to a device related to the predetermined function and connected to the camera apparatus.

4. The camera apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the search unit searches for the another camera apparatus by sending a broadcast packet or a multicast packet to the network.

5. The camera apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit displays, on the terminal device, an instruction area for issuing an instruction to display a video image that is generated by superimposing, on a video image captured by the camera apparatus, information related to a device related to the predetermined function and connected to the camera apparatus.

6. The camera apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the computer to further function as:

an imaging unit configured to capture a video image,

wherein the display unit displays, on the terminal device, a video image that is generated by superimposing, on the video image captured by the imaging unit, the information related to the device connected to the another camera apparatus and the instruction area.

7. The camera apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the instruction area is displayed at a position corresponding to a position of the another camera apparatus on the video image captured by the imaging unit.

8. The camera apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the device is a sensor, and

wherein the information related to the device is a type of the sensor.

9. The camera apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the device is a sensor, and

wherein the information related to the device is a sensor value.

10. The camera apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the display unit displays, on the terminal device, a video image that is generated by superimposing, on the video image captured by the imaging unit, information related to a device related to the predetermined function and connected to the camera apparatus, the information related to the device connected to the another camera apparatus, and the instruction area.

11. The camera apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the display unit displays, on the terminal device, a position area indicating a position of the device related to the predetermined function and connected to the camera apparatus on the video image captured by the imaging unit.

12. A control method for a camera apparatus comprising:

searching for another camera apparatus connected to the camera apparatus via a network;

determining whether the another camera apparatus has a predetermined function or not, and

displaying, on a terminal device, information related to a device related to the predetermined function and connected to the another camera apparatus found by the search and an instruction area for issuing an instruction to display a video image that is generated by superimposing, on a video image captured by the another camera apparatus, the information related to the device connected to the another camera apparatus, in a case where in the determining that the another camera apparatus has the predetermined function.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for a camera apparatus comprising:

searching for another camera apparatus connected to the camera apparatus via a network;

determining whether the another camera apparatus has a predetermined function or not; and

displaying, on a terminal device, information related to a device related to the predetermined function and connected to the another camera apparatus found by the search and an instruction area for issuing an instruction to display a video image that is generated by superimposing, on a video image captured by the another camera apparatus, the information related to the device connected to the another camera apparatus, in a case where in the determining that the another camera apparatus has the predetermined function.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2022
From: KITAGAWA, EIICHIRO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060144/0263 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-072556 · Apr 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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