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US 11,153,493 B2Granted
Control apparatus, imaging apparatus, and storage medium for adjusting a focal plane
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshikuni Kobayashi, Etsuya Takami
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Abstract
A control apparatus includes an angle control unit configured to change an angle between an imaging plane of an image sensor and a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of an imaging lens, an acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information of a specific area of an image, and a management unit configured to change the positional information based on the angle.
Claims7
A control apparatus comprising:
- a hardware processor;
- and
- a memory for storing instructions to be executed by the hardware processor, wherein, when the instructions stored in the memory are executed by the hardware processor, the control apparatus functions as:
- an angle control unit configured to tilt an image sensor relative to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of an imaging lens so that an angle between an imaging plane of the image sensor and the plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the imaging lens is changed;
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information of a specific area in an image, the specific area being specified by a user on the image before the angle is changed, the specific area being an area for an object to be concealed;
- a determining unit configured to determine a new position of the specific area in the image after the image sensor is tilted based on the angle and the positional information so that the object is concealed after the image sensor is tilted;
- and
- a changing unit configured to change a position of the specific area in the image to the new position of the specific area in the image based on a result of the determination determined by the determining unit.
5 more elements
An imaging apparatus comprising a control apparatus, wherein the control apparatus includes:
- a hardware processor;
- and
- a memory for storing instructions to be executed by the hardware processor, wherein, when the instructions stored in the memory are executed by the hardware processor, the imaging apparatus functions as:
- an angle control unit configured to tilt an image sensor relative to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of an imaging lens so that an angle between an imaging plane of the image sensor and the plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the imaging lens is changed;
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information of a specific area in an image, the specific area being specified by a user on the image before the angle is changed, the specific area being an area for an object to be concealed;
- and
- a determining unit configured to determine a new position of the specific area in the image after the image sensor is tilted based on the angle and the positional information so that the object is concealed after the image sensor is tilted;
- and
- a changing unit configured to change a position of the specific area in the image to the new position of the specific area in the image based on a result of the determination determined by the determining unit.
6 more elements
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method, wherein the control method includes:
- tiling an image sensor relative to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of an imaging lens so that an angle between an imaging plane of the image sensor and the plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the imaging lens is changed;
- acquiring positional information of a specific area in an image, the specific area being specified by a user on the image before the angle is changed, the specific area being an area for an object to be concealed;
- determining a new position of the specific area in the image after the image sensor is tilted based on the angle and the positional information so that the object is concealed after the image sensor is tilted;
- and
- changing a position of the specific area in the image to the new position of the specific area in the image based on a result of the determination.
2 more elements
A control method comprising:
- tiling an image sensor relative to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of an imaging lens so that an angle between an imaging plane of the image sensor and the plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the imaging lens is changed;
- acquiring positional information of a specific area in an image, the specific area being specified by a user on the image before the angle is changed, the specific area being an area for an object to be concealed;
- determining a new position of the specific area in the image after the image sensor is tilted based on the angle and the positional information so that the object is concealed after the image is tilted;
- and
- changing a position of the specific area in the image to the new position of the specific area in the image based on a result of the determination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.