US 6,982,748 B2
Automatically switched camera system with indicator for notifying the next subject of the camera system
Daniel Pelletier, Lake Peekskill, N.Y. (US); George Marmaropoulos, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (US); and Antonio Colmenarez, Maracaibo (Venezuela)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/84,724.
Prior Publication US 2003/0160871 A1, Aug. 28, 2003
Int. Cl. H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 348—211.99 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatically switched camera system comprising:
sensor means for providing data of an image scene having subjects who are behaving in a manner which make them potential targets of the camera system;
indicating means for providing an advanced notification to the subjects of the image scene that one of them is about to become a target of the camera system;
image scene analyzing means communicating with the sensor and the indicating means, the analyzing means for analyzing the data of the image scene provided by the sensor means to select one of the subjects as a target of the camera system and outputting an indicator function command that causes the indicating means to provide the advanced notification to the selected subject.