# US 10,771,679 B2 · Image capturing control apparatus, method of controlling the same and computer readable storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,771,679 B2 - Document ID: US10771679B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/862,764 - Filed: 2018-01-05 - Published: 2018-07-19 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-13 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Hideyuki Ikegami - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771679B2 ## CPC - H04N 23/62: Control of parameters via user interfaces - G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - H04N 23/63: by using electronic viewfinders - H04N 23/661: Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet - H04N 23/69: Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An image capturing control apparatus controls, in accordance with an end of an operation by a user on an image captured by an image capture apparatus, a parameter value according to the operation to be set in the image capture apparatus, and causes a display unit to display a display image which indicates the parameter value according to the operation and is different from the captured image. At a first time point in the middle of the operation by the user and before the parameter value according to the operation is set in the image capture apparatus, the display unit is caused to display the display image corresponding to the parameter value according to the operation at the first time point. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image capturing control apparatus comprising: an accept unit configured to accept an operation by a user on an image captured by an image capture apparatus, wherein a first position and a second position is designated by the operation; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a first display image which indicates a first parameter value that changes according to the operation and a second display image which indicates a second parameter value that is being set in the image capture apparatus, wherein the first display image and the second display image are different from the captured image and the first parameter and the second parameter are related to a zoom action of the image capture apparatus, wherein the display control unit causes the display unit to keep displaying the first display image while the operation is being performed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit causes the display unit to display an operation image for changing the first parameter value, and the operation image also serves as the display image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays, in the captured image, a frame for indicating a region defined by the first position and the second position designated by the operation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display control unit changes a display form of the frame if the first parameter value instructed by the operation exceeds a limiting value in the middle of the operation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display control unit changes a display form of the frame if the second parameter value that is being set in the image capture apparatus is a limiting value, and the operation is an instruction to change the parameter value in a direction that further exceeds the limiting value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein in a change in display form of the frame, at least one of a thickness, a color, and a type of line indicating the frame is changed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation is a drag operation for the captured image, and a parameter value of the zoom action is decided based on a rectangular region designated by the drag operation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein it is determined, based on a direction of the drag operation, whether one of a zoom-in instruction and a zoom-out instruction is given. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a deletion unit configured to delete the first display image in accordance with the end of the operation. ### Claim 10 A method of controlling an image capturing control apparatus that sets a parameter value to an image capture apparatus, the method comprising: accepting an operation by a user on an image captured by an image capture apparatus, wherein a first position and a second position is designated by the operation; and performing display control that causes a display unit to display a first display image which indicates a first parameter value that changes according to the operation and a second display image which indicates a second display image which indicates a second parameter value that is being set in the image capture apparatus, wherein the display image is different from the captured image and the first parameter and the second parameter are related to a zoom action of the image capture apparatus, wherein in the display control, the display unit is caused to keep displaying the first display image while the operation is being performed. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a method of controlling an image capturing control apparatus that sets a parameter value to an image capture apparatus, the method comprising: accepting an operation by a user on an image captured by an image capture apparatus, wherein a first position and a second position is designated by the operation; and performing display control that causes a display unit to display a first display image which indicates a first parameter value that changes according to the operation and a second display image which indicates a second parameter value that is being set in the image capture apparatus, wherein the display image is different from the captured image and the first parameter and the second parameter are related to a zoom action of the image capture apparatus, wherein in the display control, the display unit is caused to keep displaying the first display image while the operation is being performed.