IP Library Granted Patent US 11,146,726
Granted Patent B2
US 11,146,726 · App. 16/534,472 · Granted Oct 12, 2021

Control device, camera system and program

Inventors: Toshihiro Ezoe (Kanagawa, JP); Kazunori Sakaki (Kanagawa, JP)
H04N5/23238H04N5/23216H04N5/247H04N5/2628H04N7/181
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Patent No.
US 11,146,726
App. No.
16/534,472
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device of present invention includes a display control portion that performs control such that a whole image display region, in which a whole image captured by a camera is displayed, and an enlarged image display region, in which a region corresponding to a position specified on the whole image is enlarged and an enlarged image is displayed, are displayed, and a control portion that performs control such that the region corresponding to the position specified on the whole image is changed. The region includes at least one preset region, and the display control portion displays, on the whole image, a section that corresponds to the preset region.

Claims (57)

1. A control device comprising:

a processor and a memory including instructions which, when executed by the processor, control to:

display a first image and a second image, in which the first image shows a wider angle of view than the second image;

receive selection information for the second image, in which the second image corresponds to a position specified on the first image by the selection information;

display the second image based on given configuration information corresponding to the selection information,

wherein a plurality of configuration information including the given configuration information is classified into one or more groups; and

display, on the first image, one or more frames at positions corresponding to configuration information of a first group of the one or more groups, the frames delineating respective portions of a physical area imaged in the first image, a size of at least one of the frames being adjusted according to a relationship between a size of the first image and an imaging magnification of an imaging device that captures the second image, and the frames being selectable such that the portion corresponding to a selected one of the frames is displayed live as the second image; and

display the groups.

2. A control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, control to list a plurality of second configuration information in each of the groups.

3. A control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a camera captured the second image and the plurality of configuration information is stored in the camera.

4. A control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of configuration information is stored in the control device.

5. A control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first image includes a mark indicating the position of the second image.

6. A camera device comprising:

a processor and a memory including instructions which, when executed by the processor, control to:

output image data such that a first image and a second image are displayed on a display, in which the first image shows a wider angle of view than the second image;

capture the second image based on given configuration information corresponding to selection information, in which the second image corresponds to a position specified on the first image by the selection information,

wherein a plurality of configuration information including the given configuration information is classified into one or more groups; and

display, on the first image, one or more frames at positions corresponding to configuration information of a first group of the one or more groups, the frames delineating respective portions of a physical area imaged in the first image, a size of at least one of the frames being adjusted according to a relationship between a size of the first image and an imaging magnification of an imaging device that captures the second image, and the frames being selectable such that the portion corresponding to a selected one of the frames is displayed live as the second image; and

display the groups.

7. A camera device according to claim 6 ,

wherein a plurality of second configuration information is listed in each of the groups and displayed on the display.

8. A camera device according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a storage section capable of storing the plurality of configuration information.

9. A camera device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the plurality of configuration information is stored in a control device.

10. A camera device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first image includes a mark indicating the position of the second image.

11. A control device comprising:

display control means for performing control such that a first image and a second image are displayed, in which the first image shows a wider angle of view than the second image; and

receiving means for receiving selection information for the second image, in which the second image corresponds to a position specified on the first image by the selection information,

wherein the display control means displays the second image based on given configuration information corresponding to the selection information, and

wherein a plurality of configuration information including the given configuration information is classified into one or more groups, and

wherein the display control means displays on the first image, one or more frames at positions corresponding to configuration information of a first group of the one or more groups, the frames delineating respective portions of a physical area imaged in the first image, a size of at least one of the frames being adjusted according to a relationship between a size of the first image and an imaging magnification of an imaging device that captures the second image, and the frames being selectable such that the portion corresponding to a selected one of the frames is displayed live as the second image; and

wherein the display control means displays the groups.

12. A control method comprising:

performing control such that a first image and a second image are displayed, in which the first image shows a wider angle of view than the second image;

receiving selection information for the second image, in which the second image corresponds to a position specified on the first image by the selection information,

wherein the second image is displayed based on given configuration information corresponding to the selection information, and

wherein a plurality of configuration information including the given configuration information is classified into one or more groups; and

displaying, on the first image, one or more frames at positions corresponding to configuration information of a first group of the one or more groups, the frames delineating respective portions of a physical area imaged in the first image, a size of at least one of the frames being adjusted according to a relationship between a size of the first image and an imaging magnification of an imaging device that captures the second image, and the frames being selectable such that the portion corresponding to a selected one of the frames is displayed live as the second image; and

displaying the groups.

13. A camera device comprising:

output means for outputting image data such that a first image and a second image are displayed on a display, in which the first image shows a wider angle of view than the second image; and

capture means for capturing the second image based on given configuration information corresponding to selection information, in which the second image corresponds to a position specified on the first image by the selection information,

wherein a plurality of configuration information including the given configuration information is classified into one or more groups;

display means for displaying, on the first image, one or more frames at positions corresponding to configuration information of a first group of the one or more groups, the frames delineating respective portions of a physical area imaged in the first image, a size of at least one of the frames being adjusted according to a relationship between a size of the first image and an imaging magnification of an imaging device that captures the second image, and the frames being selectable such that the portion corresponding to a selected one of the frames is displayed live as the second image; and

display means for displaying the groups.

14. A method comprising:

outputting image data such that a first image and a second image are displayed on a display, in which the first image shows a wider angle of view than the second image; and

capturing the second image based on given configuration information corresponding to selection information, in which the second image corresponds to a position specified on the first image by the selection information,

wherein a plurality of configuration information including the given configuration information is classified into one or more groups; and

displaying, on the first image, one or more frames at positions corresponding to configuration information of a first group of the one or more groups, the frames delineating respective portions of a physical area imaged in the first image, a size of at least one of the frames being adjusted according to a relationship between a size of the first image and an imaging magnification of an imaging device that captures the second image, and the frames being selectable such that the portion corresponding to a selected one of the frames is displayed live as the second image; and

displaying the groups.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 17, 2021
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057207/0835 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2019
From: EZOE, TOSHIHIRO; SAKAKI, KAZUNORI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050798/0796 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-073232 · Mar 26, 2010 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15170578 · Jun 1, 2016
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