IP Library Granted Patent US 6,943,829
Granted Patent B2
US 6,943,829 · App. 09/818,606 · Granted Sep 13, 2005

Imaging apparatus controller and control method thereof, image processing apparatus and method thereof, and program code and storage medium

Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 6,943,829
App. No.
09/818,606
Granted
Sep 13, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

Settings (sample settings) are obtained from each CCD camera. A PC calculates an average of the settings sent from all CCD cameras via a distributor. The calculated average is used as new settings for setting up all the CCD cameras again. And the obtained average is sent to each CCD camera through the distributor to set up each CCD camera again.

Claims (18)

1. A controller for controlling settings of a plurality of imaging apparatuses, comprising:

detection means for detecting an imaging state of each of said imaging apparatuses;

calculation means for calculating first settings of control parameters for each of said imaging apparatuses based on a detection result from said detection means; and

set-up means for setting up each of said imaging apparatuses to said first settings calculated by said calculation means,

wherein said detection result is second settings properly adjusted to each of said imaging apparatuses, and

wherein said calculation means calculates first settings for an imaging apparatus of interest depending on a difference in second settings between said imaging apparatus of interest and an imaging apparatus adjacent to said imaging apparatus of interest.

2. A controller for controlling settings of a plurality of imaging apparatuses, comprising:

detection means for detecting an imaging state of each of said imaging apparatuses;

calculation means for calculating first settings of control parameters for each of said imaging apparatuses based on a detection result from said detection means; and

set-up means for setting up each of said imaging apparatuses to said first settings calculated by said calculation means,

wherein said detection result is obtained from a sensor provided in proximity to each of said imaging apparatuses and said detection result is used as second settings for each of said imaging apparatuses, and

wherein said calculation means calculates first settings for an imaging apparatus of interest depending on a difference in second settings between said imaging apparatus of interest and an imaging apparatus adjacent to said imaging apparatus of interest.

3. A controller for controlling settings of a plurality of imaging apparatuses, comprising:

detection means for detecting an imaging state of each of said imaging apparatuses;

calculation means for calculating first settings of control parameters for each of said imaging apparatuses based on a detection result from said detection means; and

set-up means for setting up each of said imaging apparatuses to said first settings calculated by said calculation means,

wherein said detection result is a distribution of brightness calculated from an imaging taken by an imaging apparatus which is capable of imaging a wider field view and said detection result is used as second settings for each of said imaging apparatuses based on said distribution, and

wherein said calculation means calculates first settings for an imaging apparatus of interest depending on a difference in second settings between said imaging apparatus of interest and an imaging apparatus adjacent to said imaging apparatus of interest.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2002
From: MIXED REALITY SYSTEMS LABORATORY INC.
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 013101/0614 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2001
From: ENDO, TAKAAKI; KATAYAMA, AKIHIRO
To: MIXED REALITY SYSTEMS LABORATORY INC.
Reel/Frame 011949/0787 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2001-048718 · Feb 23, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040201708A1 · Oct 14, 2004