JP2000050243A - Camera control system and method, storage medium with execution program for the system stored therein and method and video receiving terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly control a video camera through the mutual contacts of plural monitor terminals by retrieving the information on a user who receives the images photographed by the camera and then displaying the received images of the camera and the retrieved information. SOLUTION: A video transmitting request and the ID addresses of an operating video receiving terminal 18 and its user are sent to a video transmitting terminal 12. The terminal 12 transmits the received ID addresses of all terminals 18 and the user in addition to the video data. When the ID addresses of a terminal 18 and the user, which are receiving the images of the same video camera 16 are received, a face photograph, etc., of the user corresponding to the received ID address is retrieved. Then a network conference window is displayed, when the face photo is received via every terminal 18, and the communication is possible with a selected terminal 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera control system suitable for use in a surveillance camera or a video conference system for communicating information via a network, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a remote monitoring system which uses several video cameras and outputs analog video signals input from the video cameras to a plurality of monitors of a management apparatus is relatively small. It was used in a large building.

Further, for such a monitoring system,
The present applicant has proposed a camera control system in which a plurality of cameras are connected to an existing digital network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a public digital line such as ISDN.

In a camera control system such as the camera control system that can control a camera via a network, a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation is used as a video receiving terminal of the camera, and a GUI (Graphical User Interface) is used. A system for realizing video display and camera control by operation has been proposed by the present applicant.

[0005] This has the advantage that even people who are not familiar with computers can easily handle it. In particular, the operability is improved by displaying the control panel of the camera outputting the camera image at the same time as the camera image displayed on the monitor.

[0006]

However, in a conventional system of this type, when a plurality of client terminals for monitoring are connected to a network, a conflict may occur when trying to control the same camera at the same time. . Therefore, in this type of system, it was necessary to perform complicated processing.

An object of the present invention is to provide a camera control system which solves such a problem and allows a plurality of monitoring terminals to execute camera control smoothly while communicating with each other.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a camera control system capable of controlling a video camera, information on a user of the camera control system is provided. A receiving means for receiving the video of the video camera; and a video receiving terminal for receiving the video of the video camera by the receiving means. Searching means for searching for information on the user performing the search from among the information on the user of the camera control system stored by the storage means; and a video of the video camera received by the receiving means and the search. Display means for displaying information on the user retrieved by the means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, when the video camera is under control, the search means further identifies a user who is controlling the video camera. And is configured to be searched.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first and second aspects, the information on the user of the camera control system identifies the user of the camera control system. Video information for the purpose.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect, any one of the displayed video information for identifying the user of the camera control system is selected, It is characterized by comprising communication means for communicating with a video receiving terminal which is performing reception by a user corresponding to the selected video information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, a plurality of the video cameras are connected on a network. It is characterized by further comprising selecting means for selecting a video camera for displaying an image.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the control method of the camera control system capable of controlling the video camera, a storage step of storing information relating to a user of the camera control system; Receiving step, and when there is a video receiving terminal receiving the video of the video camera by the receiving step,
A search step of searching for information about a user who is performing reception of the video of the video camera from information about the user of the camera control system stored by the storage step; The image of the video camera and information on the user searched in the search step are displayed.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the sixth aspect, the retrieving step further includes, when the video camera is under control, identifying a user who is controlling the video camera. And is configured to be searched.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the sixth to seventh aspects, the information on the user of the camera control system identifies the user of the camera control system. Video information for the purpose.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the ninth aspect, any one of the displayed video information for identifying the user of the camera control system is selected, A communication step is provided in which a user corresponding to the selected video information communicates with a video receiving terminal that is performing reception.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the sixth to ninth aspects, a plurality of the video cameras are connected on a network. The method further includes a selecting step of selecting a video camera for displaying an image.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, information on a user of the camera control system is stored in a storage medium storing a program for executing processing of a camera control system capable of controlling a video camera,
When receiving the video of the video camera, if there is a video receiving terminal that is receiving the video of the video camera,
The information regarding the user who is receiving the video of the video camera is searched from among the stored information regarding the user of the camera control system, and the received video of the video camera and the searched use are used. A program for executing a process of displaying information on the user.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the eleventh aspect, when the video camera is under control, a program for identifying and searching for a user who is controlling the video camera is provided. Is stored.

According to a thirteenth aspect, in any one of the eleventh and twelfth aspects, the information on the user of the camera control system identifies the user of the camera control system. A program characterized by being video information for use.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the thirteenth aspect, any one of the displayed video information for identifying the user of the camera control system is selected. A user corresponding to the selected video information stores a program for communication with a video receiving terminal that is performing reception.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the eleventh to fourteenth aspects, the plurality of video cameras are connected on a network. A program for enabling selection of a video camera for displaying an image is stored.

Further, according to the invention according to claim 16, in a video receiving terminal of a camera control system capable of controlling a video camera via a network, a display means for displaying a video of the video camera; When the displayed video image of the video camera is also received by another video receiving terminal, receiving means for receiving, from a network, information on a user who is performing control of the video camera, and the display means includes: And displaying the information on the user received by the receiving means.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the sixteenth aspect, the receiving means further identifies a user who is controlling the video camera when the video camera is under control. And receiving.

According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the sixteenth to seventeenth aspects, the information on the user of the camera control system identifies the user of the camera control system. Video information for the purpose.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the eighteenth aspect, one of the displayed video information for identifying the user of the camera control system is selected. It is characterized by comprising communication means for communicating with a video receiving terminal which is performing reception by a user corresponding to the selected video information.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the sixteenth to nineteenth aspects, a plurality of the video cameras are connected on a network. It is characterized by further comprising selecting means for selecting a video camera for displaying an image.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to twentieth aspects, the video camera can control at least one of pan, tilt, and zoom. Features.

[0029]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a camera control system according to the present embodiment. Reference numeral 10 denotes a network such as a LAN for digitally transmitting video data and camera control information (including status information), and includes n video transmission terminals (camera servers) 1
2 (12-1 to 12-n) are connected.

Each of the video transmitting terminals 12 (12-1 to 12-) constituted by an information processing device such as a computer terminal.
n) includes the camera control device 14 (14-1 to 14-n)
Is connected to the camera 16 (16-1 to 16-n). Camera control device 14 (14-1 to 14-n)
Is connected to the video camera 16 (16-1 to 16-1) according to a control signal from the video transmission terminal 12 (12-1 to 12-n).
16-n), such as pan, tilt, zoom, focus, and aperture control.

The video camera 16 (16-1 to 16)
-N) is the camera control device 14 (14-1 to 14-n)
Is supplied from the camera control device 14 (14
-1 to 14-n) are based on an external control signal,
Turning on the power of the video camera 16 (16-1 to 16-n)
/ OFF can be controlled.

The network 10 has a video receiving terminal (camera client) 18 (18-1) for receiving and displaying video information transmitted from the video transmitting terminal 12 (12-1 to 12-n) to the network 10. To 18-m) are connected. Each video receiving terminal 18 (18-1 to 18-18)
-M) includes a bitmap display or CRT
Monitors 20 (20-1 to 20-m) are connected.

Here, the network 10 does not need to be wired, and may be a wireless network using a wireless LAN device or the like. In this case, the video receiving terminal 18 can be integrated with the monitor 20 to be a portable video receiving terminal.

Video transmission terminal 12 (12-1 to 12-n)
Compresses the output video signal of the camera 16 (16-1 to 16-n) to be connected by a predetermined compression method such as H.261,
The data is transmitted to the video receiving terminal 18 of the video request source or all the video receiving terminals 18 via the network 10.

On the other hand, the video receiving terminal 18 transmits various parameters (photographing direction, shooting direction, etc.) of an arbitrary camera 16 via the network 10, the video transmitting terminal 12, and the camera control device 14.
ON / OFF control of power supply is possible together with the shooting magnification, focus and aperture, etc.).

Here, the video transmission terminal 12 can also be used as a video reception terminal by connecting a monitor and providing a video decompression device for decompressing a compressed video. on the other hand,
The video receiving terminal 18 can also be used as a video transmitting terminal by connecting the camera control device 14 and the video camera 16 and providing a video compression device. These terminals are provided with a storage device such as a ROM for storing software required for video transmission or video reception.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the video transmission terminal 12. Reference numeral 22 denotes a CPU for overall control of the entire video transmission terminal 12, and reference numeral 24 denotes a main storage unit (RA
M), 26 is a removable external storage device such as a floppy disk or CD-ROM, 28 is a secondary storage device such as a hard disk, 30 is a mouse that functions as a pointing device, 32 is a keyboard, and 34 is a camera control device. I / O for transmitting and receiving camera control signals
An O board 36 is a video capture device that captures a video output signal of the video camera 16.

The video capture device 36 of the present embodiment
A / A converts analog video signals to digital signals.
It has a D conversion function and a video compression function for compressing video information. Reference numeral 38 denotes a video board for displaying video information on the screen of the monitor 40; 42, a network interface; and 44, a system bus for mutually connecting the components in the video transmission terminal 12 described above. Here, when the terminal 12 is a device dedicated to video transmission, the video board 38 and the monitor 40 can be omitted.

The switcher device 23 is for transmitting images from a plurality of connected cameras or for selectively switching a camera to be controlled among the plurality of cameras.

With the above configuration, the video transmission terminal 12
Outputs a video signal to a remote video receiving terminal 18 via the network 10 and
The camera 16 receives the camera control signal output from the camera 16 and controls the camera 16 such as panning and tilting.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a video receiving terminal 18 constituted by an information processing device such as a computer terminal. In FIG. 3, a CPU 122 controls the whole of the video receiving terminal 18.
Is a main storage unit (RAM), 126 is a removable external storage device such as a floppy disk or CD-ROM,
Reference numeral 128 denotes a secondary storage device such as a ROM and a hard disk. Further, the timer 123 measures time according to a command from the CPU.

132, a keyboard; 130, a mouse functioning as a pointing device; 138, a video board for displaying video information on the screen of the monitor 20;
Is a network interface, 144 is a compression decoder for expanding compressed video information, and 146 is a video receiving terminal 18.
Is a system bus for interconnecting the components constituting the system.

The video receiving terminal 18 does not have a function of controlling the camera 16 and capturing a captured camera video.
Having a decoder 144 for decompressing the compressed video;
Except for differences in system software, the configuration is the same as that of the video transmission terminal 12 shown in FIG. The video receiving terminal 18 can transmit a video output signal to any video receiving terminal 18 to which control of the camera 16 is permitted via a network if software for the video transmitting terminal is installed. Can be. Note that the compressed video information may be expanded by executing a software program instead of the compression decoder 144.

The video receiving terminal 18 transmits a camera control signal to the video transmitting terminal 12, and the video transmitting terminal 12 that has received the camera control signal controls the camera 16 in accordance with the content of the camera control signal. The current state of the camera 16 is returned to the video receiving terminal 18. Video receiving terminal 1
Reference numeral 8 receives the video data transmitted from the video transmission terminal 12, performs a predetermined process, and displays the captured video on the display screen of the monitor 20 in real time.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram shown by software in the camera control system according to the present embodiment. The video receiving terminal 18 has a camera control client (software) 50 for remotely controlling the camera 16 by accessing the video transmitting terminal 12 via the network 10 and expanding the compressed video data from the video transmitting terminal 12. The video storage software 52 for displaying on the monitor screen and the map management software 54 for displaying the arrangement position and the current state of each camera 16 as a camera symbol on a map are stored in the secondary storage device 128. Have been.

The video receiving software 52 is software for managing the cameras 16 connected to all the video transmitting terminals 12 connected to the network 10, and includes fixed information of each camera 16 and various fluctuation information (for example, camera information). Name, host name of the computer to which the camera 16 is currently connected, camera status such as pan, tilt, and zoom;
Whether or not the camera can be controlled, which camera 16 is currently being controlled, or which camera 16 is currently displaying an image, etc.). These information are stored in the camera control client 5
0 and the map management software 54 are also used to change the display of camera symbols.

In response to a request from the camera control client 50, the video transmission terminal 12 controls the camera 16 via the camera control device 14 built in the camera 16, and outputs the current information of the camera 16 (the usage status of the camera 16). Camera control server (software) 56 for notifying the request source of the information to the request source, and video transmission software for compressing the output video of the camera 16 and transmitting the compressed video to the request source via the network 10 in a predetermined format. 58 is stored in the secondary storage device 28.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the display contents of the monitor screen of the video receiving terminal 18. Reference numeral 60 denotes a map window showing a layout of an office, a store, a warehouse, and the like in which a plurality of cameras 16 are arranged.
b, 60c, and 60d can be switched.
The number of maps 60a, 60b, 60c, 60d that can be displayed depends on the performance of the system and is not particularly limited.

Each map 60a, 60b, 60c, 6
A tag is attached to 0d as shown in FIG. 5, and the cursor 80 is moved using the mouse 130, and a map with the tag selected by clicking the tag is displayed on the front.

The camera icons 62a, 62b, 62c and 62d displayed on the map window 60 are displayed in directions corresponding to the photographing directions of the corresponding cameras 16 respectively.

Reference numeral 64 denotes a video display window having video display areas 66a to 66f for displaying respective captured video images from the camera 16. 66g on the video display window 64 is a trash can icon for ending the display of the video.

FIG. 6 shows a state in which when the camera icon 62c is dragged and dropped into the video display area 66c, a video image of the camera 16 corresponding to the camera icon 62c is displayed in the video display area 66c.

As described above, when the user wants to display an image of a camera 16, the user selects the camera icon 62 indicating the camera 16 on the corresponding map in the map window 60, and displays the image in the image display area of the image display window 64. 66a
An image can be displayed by performing an operation (drag and drop) in which the image is superimposed and released on any one of -66f.

When the display of the video is ended, as shown in FIG. 7, the video display area in which the video to be ended is displayed is dragged and dropped onto the trash can icon 66g to end the display.

Next, the operation for executing the camera control will be described. The cursor 80 is moved using the mouse 130 to the image display area where the image to be controlled by the camera is displayed in the image display areas 66a to 66f in which the image is displayed by the above operation, and the camera control window 68 is clicked. It is displayed and the corresponding camera 16 can be controlled (the control right such as pan, tilt, and zoom of the camera that outputs the video is acquired). At this time, a yellow frame is displayed in the clicked image display area to indicate that control is possible. Clicking the image display area in which the yellow frame is displayed again causes a state in which camera control is impossible (control right is released). In the present embodiment, if the control right has already been obtained by another video receiving terminal 18, the control right of the camera 16 cannot be obtained.

Buttons 69a, 69b, 69c, and 69d are used to input control commands for the imaging directions of the upper, lower, left, and right cameras 16 when clicked. 72a sets the zoom magnification of the camera 16 in the telephoto direction,
Reference numeral 72b denotes a button for inputting a command for controlling the zoom magnification of the camera 16 in the wide direction. The button 70 is a button for controlling ON / OFF of the power of the camera 16.

A face photograph image 71 is displayed in the image display area 66c. The face photograph image 71 is a photograph of the user's face at another image receiving terminal 18 that is currently simultaneously receiving and displaying the image displayed in the image display area 66c.

That is, when there is another video receiving terminal 18 displaying the same video while displaying the video, the user monitoring the video at the other video receiving terminal 18 in the video display area. Is displayed. When a plurality of users are receiving images from the same camera, face photographs of the plurality of users are displayed.

For example, in FIG. 6, since two face photographs are displayed, two video receiving terminals 18 are receiving the video displayed in the video display area 66c. Further, a photograph of the user's face at the video receiving terminal 18 which currently holds the right to control the camera is displayed surrounded by a red frame. For example, FIG. 6 shows that the user on the left side of the face photo image 71 has control of the camera 16.

Further, when the cursor 80 is moved and clicked on the display area of the face photograph image 71 using the mouse 130, a network conference window described below is opened.

FIG. 8 is a network conference window opened by selecting the face photo image 71.

The user list area 94 contains the name of the video receiving terminal 18 receiving the same video, the name of the user monitoring the terminal, and the video reception start time.
This is an area for listing and displaying more detailed information of the video receiving terminals 18 receiving the same video.

The video conference image display area 96 is an area for displaying both images when a video conference is held. The video conference button 98 is a button for starting a video conference between users, and is a user list area 94.
A video conference is performed by selecting the other party (video receiving terminal 18) with which to perform the video conference. The other party (video receiving terminal 18) selected in the user list area 94 is displayed with a frame. The chat button 100 is a button for starting a text conference between users, and the whiteboard button 102 is a button for starting a shared whiteboard conference between users. The mail button 104 is for opening a mail creation window for sending a mail to the selected partner.

Note that the above-described video conference, text conference, whiteboard sharing conference, and mail creation system are well-known technologies, and thus description thereof will be omitted. Further, the video conference program, chat program, shared whiteboard program, and e-mail program of each video receiving terminal 18 may be incorporated in the video receiving software 52 of each terminal 18 or may be independent of each other. The program may be called. The above video conference button 98, chat button 100, whiteboard button 1
02. When the mail button 104 is selected, the selected program starts up, and communication for receiving an image from the same camera becomes possible.

FIG. 9 shows a video receiving terminal 18 according to this embodiment.
FIG. 10 is an operation processing flowchart of the video transmitting terminal 12 according to the present embodiment. The processing of the camera control system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, in S101, the image display area 6
6a-f to the desired camera icon 62a-d
Is dragged and dropped, S
Proceeding to 102, the video receiving software 52 sends a video transmission request to the video transmitting terminal 12 to which the camera corresponding to the camera icon that has been drag-and-dropped is connected, along with a video transmission request. The ID address and the user's ID address are transmitted.

Here, proceeding to the flowchart of the video transmission terminal of FIG. 10, if a video transmission request is received from the video reception terminal 18 in S201, the process proceeds to S202, where the video transmission software 58 is attached to the video transmission request. Then, the ID address of the currently operated video receiving terminal 18 and the ID address of the user, which have been transmitted, are stored in the main memory 24.

In step S 203, the video transmission software 58 of the video transmission terminal 12 transmits the ID data and user ID of all the video reception terminals 18 stored in the main memory 24 together with the video data captured by the camera 16. Is transmitted to the video receiving terminal 18 that has issued the video transmission request (and, if the user has the control right of the camera 18, this is also notified). That is,
The video receiving terminal 18 receives this data (the ID addresses of all the video receiving terminals 18 and the user ID addresses stored in the main memory 24 in advance) to receive the video currently captured by the camera 16. It is possible to grasp the other video receiving terminal 18 and the monitoring user. Furthermore, video transmission software 58
Outputs the newly stored ID address of the video receiving terminal 18 and the user's ID address to the video receiving terminal 18 which has already received the video captured by the camera 16, 18 is also notified that a terminal receiving a video from a camera has newly been added.

Returning again to the flowchart of FIG.
In 103, if the ID address of the video receiving terminal 18 and the ID address of the user who are receiving the video of the same camera together with the video data are not received, S10
Proceeding to 4, the video receiving software 52 displays a video in the video display area designated in S101 based on the received video data. In S103,
ID address and user ID of video receiving terminal 18 receiving video of the same camera 16 together with video data
If the address has been received, the process proceeds to S105.

In step S105, the video receiving software 52 searches each of the video receiving terminals 18 corresponding to the received ID address for video data relating to the user such as a face photograph corresponding to the user's ID address. Request. In S106, the video receiving software 52
When the video data of the face photo is received from each video receiving terminal 18, the received face photo is displayed together with the video of the camera 16 transmitted from the video transmission terminal 12 in the video display area designated in S101. .

In step S107, the cursor 80 is moved by operating the mouse 130, and if any of the displayed face photographs 71 is selected, the flow advances to step S108 to display a network conference window as shown in FIG. Communication with the video receiving terminal 18 operated by the user of the face photograph selected by the above-described method can be started.

If the flow advances to step S109, and the user wants to end the network conference window, the user clicks the button 106 to end the window. In S110,
If the user wants to end the display of the image, the user ends the operation by dragging and dropping one of the image display areas 66a to 66f to be overlaid on the trash can icon 66g.

As described above, according to the camera control system of the present embodiment, it is possible to display the face photograph data of the user monitoring the image from the same camera 16, and furthermore, The video receiving terminal 18 of the user who has acquired the control right of the camera 16 can be grasped. Further, communication with the video receiving terminal 18 receiving the video can be easily performed, and the camera control can be smoothly performed between the video receiving terminals 18 such as transfer of the control right of the camera 16.

In this embodiment, the place where the face photograph data is stored in advance may be an information server (not shown) connected to a network instead of each video receiving terminal 18. In such a case, the video receiving software of the video receiving terminal 18 communicates with the information server and requests a search for a desired face photograph. Note that a standard protocol for resource search such as HTTP or LDAP may be used as the communication protocol. Further, the information server may use a general Web server or ILS server.

In this embodiment, the storage means corresponds to the main memory 124. The receiving means corresponds to the network I / F 142 and the CPU 122.
The search means corresponds to the CPU 122 and the main memory 124. The display means corresponds to the monitor 140.
Further, the communication means includes the network I / F 142 and C
Corresponds to PU122. The selection means is a mouse 13
0 and the CPU 122 and the like.

According to the present invention, as an example, a recording medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or an apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or the apparatus stores the recording medium. This can be achieved by reading and executing the program code stored in the medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, C
DR, magnetic tape, non-volatile memory card, RO
M or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. ) Performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, The CPU provided in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

When the present invention is applied to the storage medium, the storage medium stores program codes corresponding to the above-described flowcharts. Essential modules will be stored on the storage medium.

[0083]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The terminals receiving the video from the same camera can communicate with each other, so that the camera can be controlled smoothly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a camera control system.

FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram of a video transmission terminal.

FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram of a video receiving terminal.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of software of a camera control system.

FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of display contents of a monitor screen of the video receiving terminal 18;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of display contents of a monitor screen of the video receiving terminal 18.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of display contents of a monitor screen of the video receiving terminal 18;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a network conference window.

FIG. 9 is an operation processing flowchart of the video receiving terminal.

FIG. 10 is an operation processing flowchart of the video transmission terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Network 16 Video Camera 22 CPU 24 Main Storage 26 External Storage 28 Secondary Storage 42 Network I / F 50 Camera Control Client 52 Video Reception Software 54 Map Management Software 56 Camera Control Server 58 Video Transmission Software 60 Map Window 62a-62d Camera Icon 68 Camera Control Window 69a-69d Imaging Direction Control Button 71 Face Photo Video 72a-72b Zoom Control Button

Claims (21)

[Claims] 1. A camera control system capable of controlling a video camera, a storage unit for storing information on a user of the camera control system, a receiving unit for receiving an image of the video camera, and the video by the receiving unit. When there is a video receiving terminal receiving the video of the camera, information on the user executing the video of the video camera is stored in the storage unit by the information on the user of the camera control system. And a display unit for displaying the video of the video camera received by the receiving unit and information on the user searched by the searching unit. Camera control system. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said search means is further configured to identify and search for a user who is controlling said video camera when said video camera is under control. Camera control system characterized by the above-mentioned. 3. The camera control system according to claim 1, wherein the information on the user of the camera control system is video information for identifying a user of the camera control system. Camera control system. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein any one of the displayed video information for identifying a user of the camera control system is selected, so that the usage corresponding to the selected video information is selected. A camera control system comprising communication means for communicating with a video receiving terminal that is performing reception by a user. 5. The video camera according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the video cameras are connected on a network, and a video camera for displaying an image is selected from among the plurality of video cameras. A camera control system, further comprising means. 6. A control method of a camera control system capable of controlling a video camera, a storage step of storing information on a user of the camera control system, a reception step of receiving an image of the video camera, and a reception step. If there is a video receiving terminal that is receiving the video of the video camera by using the camera control system stored in the storage step, information on the user who is receiving the video of the video camera is stored. A search step of searching from information on the user, and displaying the video of the video camera received in the receiving step and the information on the user searched in the search step. Control method of the camera control system. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the search step is further configured to identify and search for a user who is controlling the video camera when the video camera is under control. A control method for a camera control system, comprising: 8. The camera control system according to claim 6, wherein the information on the user of the camera control system is video information for identifying the user of the camera control system. Control method of the camera control system. 9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of selecting one of the displayed video information for identifying the user of the camera control system, so as to correspond to the selected video information. A method for controlling a camera control system, comprising a communication step of communicating with a video receiving terminal that is performing reception by a user. 10. The video camera according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of the video cameras are connected on a network, and a video camera for displaying an image is selected from the plurality of video cameras. A control method for a camera control system, further comprising a step. 11. A storage medium storing a program for executing processing of a camera control system capable of controlling a video camera, storing information on a user of the camera control system, receiving an image of the video camera, If there is a video receiving terminal that is receiving the video of the video camera, the information on the user who is receiving the video of the video camera, from among the information about the user of the stored camera control system, A storage medium storing a program for executing a process of displaying a video of the video camera that has been searched and received and information about the user that has been searched. 12. The storage medium according to claim 11, further comprising: a program for identifying and searching for a user who is controlling the video camera when the video camera is under control. 13. The camera control system according to claim 11, wherein the information on the user of the camera control system is video information for identifying the user of the camera control system. Storage medium storing a program to be executed. 14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising selecting one of the displayed video information for identifying a user of the camera control system, thereby selecting a video information corresponding to the selected video information. A storage medium storing a program for causing a video receiving terminal, which is performing reception, to communicate with a user. 15. The video camera according to claim 11, wherein a plurality of the video cameras are connected on a network, and a video camera for displaying an image can be selected from the plurality of video cameras. A storage medium storing a program to be executed. 16. An image receiving terminal of a camera control system capable of controlling a video camera via a network, wherein a display means for displaying an image of the video camera, and an image of the video camera displayed by the display means, Is also received by the video receiving terminal of
Receiving means for receiving, from a network, information about a user who is controlling the video camera; and the display means is configured to display the information about the user received by the receiving means. A video receiving terminal characterized by the above-mentioned. 17. The receiving means according to claim 16, further comprising: when the video camera is under control, identifies and receives a user who is controlling the video camera. A video receiving terminal characterized by the above-mentioned. 18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the information on the user of the camera control system is video information for identifying a user of the camera control system. Video receiving terminal. 19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising the step of selecting one of the displayed video information for identifying a user of the camera control system, whereby the usage corresponding to the selected video information is selected. A video receiving terminal comprising communication means for communicating with a video receiving terminal which is performing reception. 20. The video camera according to claim 16, wherein a plurality of video cameras are connected on a network, and a video camera for displaying an image is selected from the plurality of video cameras. A video receiving terminal, further comprising means. 21. The video camera according to claim 1, wherein the video camera can control at least one of pan, tilt, and zoom.