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US 10,567,640 B2Granted
Image pick-up apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHitoshi Miyazawa
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Abstract
An image pick-up apparatus acquires a photographing distance and calculates angle information on the basis of a detection result of a motion vector in a panning state and a photographing distance. The image pick-up apparatus performs automatic photographing when the calculated angle information is a predetermined angle.
Claims6
An image pick-up apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- one or more processors, wherein the processor functions as the following units according to a program stored in the memory:
- (1) a vector detection unit configured to detect a motion vector on the basis of a captured image;
- (2) an acquisition unit configured to acquire a photographing distance;
- (3) a selection unit configured to select a plurality of predetermined angles;
- (4) a calculator configured to calculate angle information on the basis of a detection result of the motion vector in a panning state and the photographing distance;
- and
- (5) a photographing controller configured to perform automatic photographing every time angle information calculated by the calculator represents each of the selected predetermined angles.
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A method for controlling an image pick-up apparatus comprising:
- detecting a motion vector on the basis of a captured image;
- acquiring a photographing distance;
- calculating angle information on the basis of a detection result of the motion vector in a panning state and the photographing distance;
- selecting a plurality of predetermined angles;
- and
- performing automatic photographing every time the calculated angle information represents each of the selected predetermined angles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.