Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for enabling control, by a control device, of a video camera in a video surveillance system
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Application No.: US15694650Application Date: 2017-09-01
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Publication No.: US10582108B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Eric Nassor , Naél Ouedraogo , Jonathan Taquet
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: GB615113.6 20160906
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; G06K9/00 ; H04N7/18

Abstract:
A method for enabling control, by a control device, of a video camera in a video surveillance system comprising a plurality of video cameras is disclosed. According to the method, first a signature of the control device is obtained from the control device. Information corresponding to the signature of the control device from a video stream generated by a video camera of the system is identified, and the control device is associated with the video camera that generated the video stream in which information corresponding to the signature of the control device has been identified, thereby enabling control of the video camera by the control device.
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