JP2003092750A - Camera control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a camera control system capable of displaying a newest image as a monitor image at all times. SOLUTION: The camera control system always periodically repeats processes of composing a plurality of images of a range photographed by a camera 2, generating a panorama image, and displaying the image on a screen of a display device 3 as a monitor image. When a user enters a photographing point denoting a photographing canter of the camera onto the monitor image via an entry device 4 to make a camera control request, the system displays a popup menu for designating photographing magnification of the camera on the screen, when the user designates a desired photographing magnification from the popup menu by using the entry device 4, the camera 2 takes a zoom value corresponding to the photographing magnification, a camera controller 1 calculates photographing information to bring the photographing point to the center of the photographed image, photographs one picture according to the photographing information calculated by means of the camera 2 and displays the picture on the screen.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera for enabling the latest photographed panoramic image to be used in an image portion displayed as a photographing position determining interface when a camera is remotely operated to display an image of a desired position. Control system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an example of this type of technology, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
There is a "camera control user interface device" disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-346356. In this conventional technique, the user interface for determining the shooting point is always the same still image on which a target building or building is displayed, and merely provides position information. It was

Further, since it is not possible to display a horizontal image which can be photographed by the camera on one screen, an image moving button is provided and the range displayed as an image is changed by operating this button. However, for this reason, when the portion where the user wants to shoot is not included in the displayed screen, it is necessary to operate the move button each time to determine the shooting direction. Further, the zoom magnification in the photographing information determination interface for determining the photographing condition is always displayed as an absolute value.

[0004]

However, in the above-described camera control device of the prior art, the image serving as the user interface for determining the shooting point is not the one actually shot, but is merely for providing the position information. Since it was the same still image, even if the position was determined by this image and the image was taken, the appropriate image capturing conditions corresponding to the weather, brightness, etc. were not known at all until the image capturing result was observed. Therefore, it is necessary to take a picture, determine the zoom magnification, the aperture value, the shutter speed, and adjust the focus based on the result before the desired image is acquired, which requires many operations. There was a problem. Further, since the zoom magnification for enlarging / reducing the image is specified as an absolute value, the proper zoom magnification cannot be specified without knowing the zoom magnification at the time of shooting the currently displayed image. There was a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to automatically determine an appropriate photographing condition and set the zoom magnification by a relative value. It is intended to provide a camera control system.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 relates to a camera control system,
A process of generating a panoramic image by synthesizing a plurality of images captured in a range that can be captured by the camera, displaying the panoramic image on a screen of a display device as a monitor image for determining a capturing point, and generating the panoramic image. It is characterized in that the latest image is constantly displayed as the above-mentioned monitor image by periodically executing the above.

The invention according to claim 2 relates to a camera control system, wherein a plurality of images photographed in a range photographable by the camera are combined to generate a panoramic image, which is used as a monitor image on the screen of the display device. When the camera control request is made by inputting the shooting point on the monitor image via the input device, the display processing is always repeated, and the shooting magnification of the camera is specified on the screen. When a desired shooting magnification is specified from the pop-up menu via the input device, the camera control information for causing the shooting point to be the center of the shot image is calculated. , One image is photographed according to the photographing magnification and the calculated camera control information through the camera, and displayed on the screen. It is characterized in that.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the camera control system according to the second aspect, the photographing magnification is obtained from a plurality of different zoom values displayed in the pop-up menu via the input device. It is characterized in that it is determined by the selected zoom value.

Further, the invention according to claim 4 relates to a camera control system, wherein a plurality of images photographed in a range photographable by the camera are combined to generate a panoramic image, which is used as a monitor image on the screen of the display device. When the camera control request is made by inputting the shooting point on the monitor image via the input device, the display processing is always repeated, and the shooting magnification of the camera is specified on the screen. A camera for displaying a pop-up menu for displaying the desired panorama image and setting the desired shooting magnification on the pop-up menu via the input device so that the shooting point is on the vertical centerline of the new panoramic image. By calculating control information, the shooting magnification and the calculated camera control information can be obtained without changing the tilt angle of the camera. By shooting a plurality of images by combining the new panoramic image above it is characterized in that displayed on the screen in accordance with.

The invention according to claim 5 relates to the camera control system according to claim 4, characterized in that the new panoramic image is displayed on the screen instead of the monitor image.

The invention according to claim 6 relates to the camera control system according to claim 5, wherein the process of further generating and displaying a new panoramic image based on the displayed new panoramic image is repeated. The feature is that you can do it.

The invention according to claim 7 relates to the camera control system according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the photographing magnification is the zoom value at the time of photographing the monitor image of the camera, and the pop-up. The zoom value calculated from the relative value of the zoom magnification based on the zoom value at the time of shooting the monitor image of the camera displayed in the menu, or the maximum / minimum zoom value, or at the time of the monitor image shooting It is characterized by being determined from the zoom value.

The invention according to claim 8 relates to the camera control system according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the pop-up menu also displays the values of other items necessary for camera control. Then, a desired value of a desired item can be selected via the input device.

Further, the invention according to claim 9 relates to the camera control system according to claim 8, characterized in that the other items include information such as an aperture value of the camera, a shutter speed, and focusing. There is.

The invention according to claim 10 is the same as claim 1
According to the camera control system described in any one of
The monitor image is composed of a part of the combined panoramic image, and by scrolling, the entire combined panoramic image can be displayed on the screen.

The invention according to claim 11 is the same as claim 1
The camera control system according to any one of 1 to 10, while accumulating a plurality of panoramic images serving as the monitor images, selecting one of the panoramic images, and performing the camera control based on the selected panoramic image. It is characterized by doing.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The description will be specifically made using the embodiments. First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a camera control system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a display screen in the camera control system of the present embodiment, and FIG. It is a flow chart explaining processing of a camera control system.

As shown in FIG. 1, the camera control system of the present invention is roughly composed of a camera control device 1, a camera 2, a display device 3, and an input device 4.

The camera control device 1 controls the camera 2 to constantly display a monitor image showing a photographable range on the screen of the display device 3, and when a camera control request is made, the input device is operated. 4 has a function of shooting a desired range within a shootable range at a desired zoom ratio according to the designation of a shooting point input via 4, and displaying the shot image on the display device 3. The camera 2 is held so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction, and in accordance with control from the camera control device 1, the vertical angle (tilt angle), horizontal angle (pan angle), aperture value, shutter speed, etc. of the camera. settings of,
Focusing and other controls are performed to periodically shoot a plurality of images for composing a panoramic image as a monitor image, and the camera control device 1 specifies a specific position in the monitor image. When receiving the shooting information consisting of the point and the zoom magnification that determines the enlargement / reduction ratio of the shot image, a specified range based on the shooting point in the monitor image is shot, and the obtained shot image is sent to the camera control device 1. Output.

The display device 3 is a CRT (Cathode Ray Tub).
e) It consists of a display and a liquid crystal display, and displays the monitor image and the captured image taken by the camera 2 on the screen, and also displays the information of the shooting information determination interface for specifying the shooting point, zoom magnification, etc. on the screen. To display. The input device 4 is composed of a pointing device such as a mouse, and on the monitor screen of the display device 3,
It has a function of setting the position of a point icon indicating a shooting point and selecting and designating various options provided in the shooting information determination interface.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the camera control device 1 is composed of an image storage unit 11, an image composition unit 12, a user interface control unit 13, a photographing information calculation unit 14, and a control unit 15. ing.

The image storage unit 11 has a storage device such as a hard disk device, and stores information on the monitor image generated by the image combining unit 12 and the captured image captured by the camera 2. The image synthesizing unit 12 performs a process of synthesizing a plurality of horizontal images captured by the camera 2 at the same tilt angle to generate a monitor image composed of one panoramic image.

The user interface control unit 13 displays the monitor image and the photographed image, and the information of the photographing point and the photographing information determination interface on the screen of the display device 3, and the photographing point determined by the input device 4 and the photographing image. The designation information in the information determination interface is transmitted to the shooting information calculation unit 14. Imaging information calculation unit 14
Calculates the coordinate value on the monitor image necessary for shooting the range determined by the designated shooting point, according to the information of the shooting point and the information determined by the shooting information determination interface. The control unit 15 is a CPU
It has a (Central Processing Unit) and controls the operation of each unit based on a built-in program.

Next, the configuration of the display screen of the display device 3 in the camera control system of this example will be described with reference to FIG. In the camera control system of this example, the image displayed on the display screen 30 of the display device 3 includes a panoramic image display unit 31, a point icon 32, a shooting information determination interface 33, and a shooting image display unit 44. ing.

The panoramic image display section 31 displays a panoramic image which is a monitor image taken by the camera 2. The monitor image functions as a user interface when the user controls the camera. The point icon 32 is a mark that is displayed on the panoramic image display unit 31 and indicates the position of the shooting point, and the position is set by the input device 4 which is a pointing device such as a mouse. The shooting information determination interface 33 is an image for the user to instruct information necessary for shooting, and is displayed at an arbitrary position on the display screen 30. In the case of this example, the shooting information determination interface 33 displays options of zoom magnifications that the camera 2 can shoot as a plurality of fixed information. The captured image display unit 34 displays one image newly captured by the user via the camera 2.

The operation of the camera control system of this example will be described below with reference to FIGS. While there is no camera control request from the user, according to the control of the control unit 15, the camera 2 makes a plurality of horizontal range that can be photographed by the camera 2 at the same tilt angle based on the predetermined camera control information. The image is captured, the image composition unit 12 combines the plurality of captured images to generate one panoramic image, which is stored in the image storage unit 11, and the user interface control unit 13 stores the image in the image storage unit 11. The process of reading out the panoramic image and displaying it on the panoramic image display unit 31 of the display device 3 as a monitor image (step S101 in FIG. 3) is regularly performed. The panorama image on the panorama image display section 31 is
It is updated every time the image information in the image storage unit 11 is updated.

The panoramic image of the panoramic image display unit 31 is a monitor image for the user to take an image, and the panorama image stored in the image storage unit 11 is displayed on the screen of the panoramic image display unit 31. Since the entire image 20 cannot be displayed, the panorama image display unit 31
Includes a panorama image 21 which is a part of the panorama image 20.
Is displayed and the displayed panoramic image is automatically scrolled to the left and right, the entire panoramic image 20 held in the image storage unit 11 can be monitored.

When the user controls the camera 2 to take a picture, a point icon 32 having, for example, a + shape is displayed on the panorama image displayed on the panorama image display section 31, and the input device is displayed. By using 4 to move this to an arbitrary position on the image and then clicking, etc., a camera control request is made by instructing the shooting point that defines the center of the screen to be shot (Fig. 3 step S102).

Upon receiving the shooting point information, the user interface control section 13 displays the shooting information determination interface 33, which is a pop-up menu, at an appropriate position on the screen of the display device 3 (step S1 in FIG. 3).
03). In the case of this example, as the content of the photographing information determination interface 33, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of options for the zoom magnification that the camera 2 can take in order to determine the photographing magnification of the camera 2 is fixed information. Is displayed, the user specifies the zoom magnification by using the input device 4 to move the pointer to any desired zoom value and then click. Step S104).

When the user interface control unit 13 receives the selected zoom value, the point icon 3 is displayed.
The position of the shooting point determination position designated by 2 corresponds to the position of the original panorama image 20 by the coordinate value with the upper left end of the panorama image 20 as the origin and is controlled together with the specified zoom value. The photographing information calculation unit 14 is notified via the unit 15. As a result, the shooting information calculation unit 14 calculates one or both of the tilt angle and the pan angle as the camera control information for controlling the camera 2 so that the designated shooting point is located at the center of the shot image. Then, the control unit 15 is notified as shooting information together with the zoom value (step S105 in FIG. 3).

The control unit 15 controls the camera 2 on the basis of the notified camera control information and the zoom value to photograph one image (step S106 in FIG. 3). The image captured by the camera 2 is stored in the image storage unit 11. The user interface control unit 13 reads out the captured image from the image storage unit 11 and sends it to the display device 3, and the captured image display unit 3
No. 4 is displayed (step S107 in FIG. 3). At this time,
The panoramic image on the panoramic image display unit 31 is also displayed at the same time. When the user captures one image again based on the panoramic image on the panoramic image display unit 31,
By repeatedly performing the same processing as described above, it is possible to perform image capturing any number of times.

The control unit 15 controls the camera 2 on the basis of the predetermined camera control information to capture an image again when a certain time has elapsed since the processing of the camera control request by the user was completed (step S108 in FIG. 3). By doing
The panoramic image 20 in the image storage unit 11 is updated. When the panoramic image 20 is updated, the user interface control unit 13 causes the panoramic image display unit 3 in the display device 3.
A new panoramic image 21 is displayed at 1.

Thus, in the camera control device of this example,
When there is no camera control request, after a certain period of time,
You can automatically update the panorama image, always display the latest image as a monitor image, and shoot a desired image based on this, and you can arbitrarily specify the zoom magnification at this time, so more In line with the user's intention,
It is possible to obtain a realistic photographed image.

Second Embodiment FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the display screen in the camera control system of this embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the processing of the camera control system of this embodiment.

The configuration of the camera control system of this example is similar to that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, but the configuration of the display screen is different from that of the first embodiment.
In the camera control system of this example, the image displayed on the display screen 30 of the display device 3 is, as shown in FIG.
The panorama image display section 31, the point icon 32,
It is composed of a photographing information determination interface 33A.

In FIG. 4, (a) shows a monitor image display, and (b) shows a captured image display. When the monitor image shown in (a) is displayed, the panorama image display section 31 displays a panoramic image as a monitor image taken by the camera 2 as in the case of the first embodiment, but in (b). When the captured image shown is displayed, a new panoramic image captured by the user's camera control is displayed. The point icon 32 is a mark indicating the position of the shooting point, and the position is set by the input device 4 including a pointing device such as a mouse.
In the case of this example, the position of the point icon 32 designating the shooting point may be anywhere on the vertical center line of the new panoramic image to be shot. The shooting information determination interface 33A is a display unit for the user to instruct information necessary for shooting. In this example, a zoom value that can be changed from the zoom magnification at the time of shooting the currently displayed panoramic image. The candidate of is displayed as a selectable item, the zoom magnification value of the relative value (%) expression based on the current zoom value, the maximum and minimum zoom values, and the default image.

The operation of the camera control system of this example will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4 and 5. While there is no camera control request from the user, according to the control of the control unit 15, the camera 2 shoots a plurality of horizontal range that the camera 2 can shoot at the same tilt angle based on the predetermined camera control information. Then, the image synthesizing unit 12 synthesizes the plurality of captured images to generate one panoramic image, which is stored in the image storage unit 11, and the user interface control unit 13 causes the panoramic image in the image storage unit 11 to be stored. Read the image,
As shown in FIG. 4A, the process of displaying as a monitor image on the panoramic image display unit 31 on the display screen 30 of the display device 3 (step S201 in FIG. 5) is regularly performed. The monitor image of the panoramic image display unit 31 is updated every time the image information of the image storage unit 11 is updated.

The panorama image display section 31 cannot display the entire panorama image 20 held in the image storage section 11 as a monitor image, so that the panorama image 21 which is a part of the panorama image is displayed. At the same time, by automatically scrolling the panoramic image displayed on the screen to the left and right, the entire panoramic image 20 held in the image storage unit 11 can be monitored. The above operation is the same as in the case of the first embodiment shown in FIGS.

When the user controls the camera 2 to take a picture, a point icon 32 is used to display a new panoramic image in the vertical direction on the panoramic image displayed as a monitor image on the panoramic image display section 31. The shooting point information indicating the position of the center line of the is displayed and a camera control request is made (step S202 in FIG. 5). When receiving the shooting point information, the user interface control unit 13 displays the shooting information determination interface 33A including a pop-up menu for designating the shooting magnification at an appropriate position on the screen of the display device 3 (step in FIG. 5). S203).

In the case of this example, as the contents of the photographing information determination interface 33A, as shown in FIG. 4, a candidate of a zoom value that can be changed from the zoom magnification at the time of photographing the panorama image currently being displayed is changed to the current zoom magnification. The zoom value of the relative value expression based on, the maximum and minimum zoom values, and the zoom value of the displayed panoramic image, that is, the default image are displayed as selectable items. The user uses the input device 4 to
The designation is made by moving the pointer to the position of the desired item value and then clicking.

When the user selects the zoom value expressed as a relative value (step S204 in FIG. 5), the zoom value of the monitor image currently displayed on the panorama image display unit 31 and the selected relative value (%). The value obtained by adding the zoom value of the expression becomes the new zoom magnification. When the maximum / minimum zoom value is selected (step S205 in FIG. 5), the selected maximum / minimum zoom value becomes a new zoom magnification regardless of the zoom value of the monitor image currently displayed. Furthermore, when the default image is selected (step S206 in FIG. 5), the zoom magnification at the time of capturing the panoramic image in the initial state before starting the camera control becomes a new zoom value.

Upon receiving the information selected by the photographing information determination interface 33A, the user interface control section 13 determines which position of the original panoramic image corresponds to the photographing point determined position indicated by the point icon 32. , The photographing information determination interface 33 is obtained by the coordinate value with the upper left end of the panoramic image 20 as the origin.
The control unit 15 is notified together with the information selected in A.
When the control unit 15 receives the new shooting point and the selected information from the user interface control unit 13, the control unit 15 adds the shooting information of the panoramic image displayed as the monitor image to the information, and the shooting information calculation unit Notify 14

As a result, the photographing information calculation unit 14 uses the camera 2 as the camera control information for controlling the camera 2 so that the designated photographing point exists on the vertical center line of the new panoramic image. Calculate the pan angle. The tilt angle of the camera 2 has a predetermined value. Further, when the information selected by the shooting information determination interface 33A is the zoom magnification value of the relative value display, the zoom value of the monitor image shooting and the zoom value of the relative value display are used for the new panorama image shooting. The zoom magnification of is calculated. The shooting information calculation unit 14 notifies the control unit 15 of the calculated camera control information and the calculated zoom magnification or the zoom value selected by the user interface control unit 13 as shooting information (step S207 in FIG. 5). .

The control unit 15 controls the camera 2 based on the notified photographing information so that the photographing range of the camera 2 is in the horizontal direction so that the photographing point is on the vertical center line. A plurality of images are taken at a tilt angle, and the plurality of taken images are sent to the image compositing unit 12, whereby the image compositing unit 12 generates one panoramic image (step S208 in FIG. 5). The image composition unit 12 updates the image information in the image storage unit 11 with the generated panoramic image.

The user interface control unit 13 uses the updated panoramic image stored in the image storage unit 11 as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), a new panoramic image is displayed on the panoramic image display unit 31 (step S209 in FIG. 5). However, in this case, in the updated panorama image in the image storage unit 11, only the displayable parts on the panorama image display unit 31 on the left and right of the shooting point are displayed without scrolling. The user can also display a new panorama image on the panorama image display unit 31 by performing camera control again based on the updated panorama image on the panorama image display unit 31.

The control unit 15 has passed a certain time after the completion of the camera control request by the user (step S in FIG. 5).
210) At this time, based on the predetermined camera control information, the camera 2 is controlled to capture an image again to generate a new panoramic image 20, and the process of updating the monitor image of the panoramic image display unit 31 is repeated. .

As described above, in the camera control system of this example, when there is no camera control request, the panoramic image is automatically updated at regular time intervals, and the latest image is always displayed as a monitor image. A panoramic image can be captured and displayed based on this, and the relative value of the zoom magnification at this time can be arbitrarily specified, so that a captured image with a sense of reality that better matches the user's intention can be obtained. Obtainable. In this case, the shooting conditions can be determined based on the displayed monitor image and shooting can be performed, so the desired shooting conditions can be realized even if the shooting conditions of the displayed monitor image are not recognized. Therefore, there is no waste of operation and there is no risk of shooting failure.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific structure is not limited to this embodiment, and there are design changes and the like within a range not departing from the gist of the present invention. However, it is included in this invention. For example, as the selection items by the shooting information determination interface, not only the selection of the zoom value shown in the embodiment but also other items necessary for camera control, for example, information about the aperture value, the shutter speed, the focus adjustment, and the like are selected. By enabling it, the camera control can be made more convenient. In addition, the latest panorama image can be managed for each user, the shooting information is saved for each user, and when the user connects, the first shot image is provided by the saved shooting information. It becomes possible to provide individual services for each user, and the purpose of use of the camera control system can be expanded. In the camera control system of the present invention, the image captured by the camera is
It goes without saying that it may be a color image or a monochrome image.

[0049]

As described above, according to the camera control apparatus of the present invention, the panorama image displayed is updated at regular time intervals without any user's camera control request, so that the latest panoramic image is always updated. Since the image of can be displayed as the initial image, the image taken based on this panoramic image can be made more realistic, and the latest panoramic image can be displayed.
In the prior art, since a fixed image having a meaning only for positioning was displayed as a shooting information determination interface, the actual weather and brightness are unknown, and it is the situation where nothing is captured for the first time after shooting. It is possible to always take a picture without fail. In addition, the shooting point and zoom magnification for camera control are determined based on the content shot immediately before, and the next shooting is performed, which is excellent in operability. Further, since it is not necessary to recognize the shooting information value of the currently displayed image such as the zoom magnification of the initial image for determining the shooting information, it is possible to change the shooting information according to the user's request. It is possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a camera control system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a display screen in the camera control system of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of the camera control system of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a display screen in the camera control system of the second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of the camera control system of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Camera control device 2 camera 3 display devices 4 input devices 11 Image storage 12 Image synthesizer 13 User interface controller 14 Shooting information calculator 15 Control unit

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Terashima glance             23, 1137, Kami-Chitose-cho, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture Nagano Hi             Inside the Denki Software Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshiyasu Nakao             5-7 Shiba 5-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo NEC Corporation             Inside the company F-term (reference) 2H059 BA11                 5C022 AA13 AB62 AB65 AB66 AC01                       AC27 AC69                 5C054 AA01 CA04 CG01 CG08 CH03                       EA01 FD02 FF02 HA00

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A panorama image is generated by synthesizing a plurality of images photographed in a range that can be photographed by a camera and displayed on a screen of a display device as a monitor image for determining a photographing point. A camera control system characterized in that a latest image is constantly displayed as the monitor image by periodically and repeatedly executing a process of generating an image. 2. A process of synthesizing a plurality of images photographed in a range photographable by a camera to generate a panoramic image and displaying the panoramic image as a monitor image on the screen of a display device is constantly and repeatedly executed. When a camera control request is made by inputting a shooting point on the monitor image via an input device, a pop-up menu for designating a shooting magnification of the camera is displayed on the screen, and the input device is displayed. When a desired photographing magnification is specified from the pop-up menu via the pop-up menu, camera control information for making the photographing point the center of the photographed image is calculated, and the photographing magnification and the calculated value are calculated via the camera. A camera control system, wherein one image is photographed according to the camera control information and displayed on the screen. 3. The zoom ratio selected according to the zoom value selected through the input device from a plurality of different zoom values displayed in the pop-up menu. Camera control system. 4. A process of synthesizing a plurality of images captured in a range photographable by a camera to generate a panoramic image and displaying the panoramic image as a monitor image on a screen of a display device is constantly and repeatedly executed. When a camera control request is made by inputting a shooting point on the monitor image via an input device, a pop-up menu for designating a shooting magnification of the camera is displayed on the screen, and the input device is displayed. When a desired shooting magnification is specified through the pop-up menu via the above, camera control information for keeping the shooting point on the vertical centerline of the new panoramic image is calculated, and the tilt angle of the camera is calculated. The new panorama is obtained by shooting a plurality of images according to the shooting magnification and the calculated camera control information without change. A camera control system, wherein images are combined and displayed on the screen. 5. The camera control system according to claim 4, wherein the new panoramic image is displayed on the screen instead of the monitor image. 6. The camera control system according to claim 5, wherein the process of generating and displaying a new panoramic image based on the displayed new panoramic image can be repeated. 7. The zoom magnification of the camera when the monitor image is taken by the camera, and the zoom magnification displayed on the pop-up menu based on the zoom value of the camera when the monitor image is taken. 7. The camera control system according to claim 4, wherein the zoom value is calculated from a relative value, a maximum / minimum zoom value, or a zoom value when the monitor image is captured. . 8. In the pop-up menu, the values of other items required for controlling the camera are also displayed, and the desired value of the desired item can be selected via the input device. The camera control system according to any one of claims 2 to 7. 9. The other item is an aperture value of the camera,
9. The camera control system according to claim 8, which comprises information such as shutter speed and focus adjustment. 10. The monitor image is made up of a part of a combined panoramic image, and the entire combined panoramic image can be displayed on the screen by scrolling. 10. The camera control system according to any one of items 1 to 9. 11. The panorama image serving as the monitor image is accumulated, and any one of the panorama images is selected, and the camera control is performed based on the selected panorama image. 11. The camera control system according to any one of items 1 to 10.