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US 10,764,569 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHajime Moroda
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus acquires a driving condition, which is a condition regarding driving of a driving unit of the imaging apparatus, and determines an index indicating how much the driving unit is used based on the acquired driving condition.
Claims15
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a driving condition, which is a condition regarding driving of a driving unit of the imaging apparatus;
- a correction unit configured to correct a number of operations of the driving unit depending on the driving condition;
- and
- an output unit configured to output, to an external apparatus, information indicating the number of operations corrected by the correction unit, in response to a request from the external apparatus,
- wherein the acquisition unit acquires, as the driving condition, at least any one of a driving amount of the driving unit, a driving speed of the driving unit, a temperature of the driving unit, a load according to a type of the driving of the driving unit, a condition regarding the driving of the driving unit that is an orientation driving unit of the imaging apparatus, and a condition regarding the driving of the driving unit that is a lens driving unit of the imaging apparatus, and
- wherein the correction unit corrects, depending on the driving condition, the number of operations to a number which is more than an actual number of operations.
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An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a driving condition, which is a condition regarding driving of a driving unit of the imaging apparatus;
- a correction unit configured to correct a number of operations of the driving unit depending on the driving condition;
- and
- an output unit configured to output, to an external apparatus, information indicating the number of operations corrected by the correction unit, in response to a request from the external apparatus,
- wherein the correction unit corrects, depending on the driving condition, the number of operations to a number which is more than an actual number of operations and corrects the number of operations every time the driving unit carries out the driving.
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A processing method configured to be performed by an imaging apparatus, the processing method comprising:
- acquiring a driving condition, which is a condition regarding driving of a driving unit of the imaging apparatus;
- correcting a number of operations of the driving unit depending on the acquired driving condition;
- and
- outputting, to an external apparatus, information indicating the corrected number of operations, in response to a request from the external apparatus,
- wherein, in the acquiring, at least any one of a driving amount of the driving unit, a driving speed of the driving unit, a temperature of the driving unit, a load according to a type of the driving of the driving unit, a condition regarding the driving of the driving unit that is an orientation driving unit of the imaging apparatus, and a condition regarding the driving of the driving unit that is a lens driving unit of the imaging apparatus is acquired as the driving condition, and
- wherein, depending on the acquired driving condition, the corrected number of operations is more than an actual number of operations.
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A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a processing method configured to be performed by an imaging apparatus, the processing method comprising:
- acquiring a driving condition, which is a condition regarding driving of a driving unit of the imaging apparatus;
- correcting a number of operations of the driving unit depending on the acquired driving condition;
- and
- outputting, to an external apparatus, information indicating the corrected number of operations, in response to a request from the external apparatus,
- wherein, in the acquiring, at least any one of a driving amount of the driving unit, a driving speed of the driving unit, a temperature of the driving unit, a load according to a type of the driving of the driving unit, a condition regarding the driving of the driving unit that is an orientation driving unit of the imaging apparatus, and a condition regarding the driving of the driving unit that is a lens driving unit of the imaging apparatus is acquired as the driving condition, and
- wherein, depending on the acquired driving condition, the corrected number of operations is more than an actual number of operations.
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An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a driving condition, which is a condition regarding driving of a driving unit of the imaging apparatus;
- a correction unit configured to correct a number of operations of the driving unit depending on the driving condition;
- and
- an output unit configured to output, to an external apparatus, information indicating the number of operations corrected by the correction unit, in response to a request from the external apparatus,
- wherein the correction unit corrects, depending on the driving condition, the number of operations to a number which is more than an actual number of operations, and
- wherein the actual number of operations refers to the number of operations that is accumulated by counting an operation from when the driving unit starts the driving until the driving unit stops the driving as one driving operation.
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A processing method configured to be performed by an imaging apparatus, the processing method comprising:
- acquiring a driving condition, which is a condition regarding driving of a driving unit of the imaging apparatus;
- correcting a number of operations of the driving unit depending on the acquired driving condition;
- and
- outputting, to an external apparatus, information indicating the corrected number of operations, in response to a request from the external apparatus,
- wherein the correcting, depending on the driving condition, corrects the number of operations to a number which is more than an actual number of operations and corrects the number of operations every time the driving unit carries out the driving.
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A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a processing method configured to be performed by an imaging apparatus, the processing method comprising:
- acquiring a driving condition, which is a condition regarding driving of a driving unit of the imaging apparatus;
- correcting a number of operations of the driving unit depending on the acquired driving condition;
- and
- outputting, to an external apparatus, information indicating the corrected number of operations, in response to a request from the external apparatus,
- wherein the correcting, depending on the driving condition, corrects the number of operations to a number which is more than an actual number of operations and corrects the number of operations every time the driving unit carries out the driving.
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A processing method configured to be performed by an imaging apparatus, the processing method comprising:
- acquiring a driving condition, which is a condition regarding driving of a driving unit of the imaging apparatus;
- correcting a number of operations of the driving unit depending on the acquired driving condition;
- and
- outputting, to an external apparatus, information indicating the corrected number of operations, in response to a request from the external apparatus,
- wherein the correcting corrects, depending on the driving condition, the number of operations to a number which is more than an actual number of operations, and
- wherein the actual number of operations refers to the number of operations that is accumulated by counting an operation from when the driving unit starts the driving until the driving unit stops the driving as one driving operation.
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A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a processing method configured to be performed by an imaging apparatus, the processing method comprising:
- acquiring a driving condition, which is a condition regarding driving of a driving unit of the imaging apparatus;
- correcting a number of operations of the driving unit depending on the acquired driving condition;
- and
- outputting, to an external apparatus, information indicating the corrected number of operations, in response to a request from the external apparatus,
- wherein the correcting corrects, depending on the driving condition, the number of operations to a number which is more than an actual number of operations, and
- wherein the actual number of operations refers to the number of operations that is accumulated by counting an operation from when the driving unit starts the driving until the driving unit stops the driving as one driving operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.