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US 11,455,743 B2Granted
Shooting control apparatus, image capturing apparatus, shooting control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYu Inagaki
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Abstract
Based on captured image data, a detection unit detects a subject area that partially includes a subject to be detected. A control unit performs shooting control based on data corresponding to the subject area among the captured image data, and on a distribution of existence probabilities of the subject in the subject area. The distribution is stored in a memory. The control unit performs the shooting control so that a contribution of data corresponding to a position with a first existence probability is larger than a contribution of data corresponding to a position with a second existence probability that is lower than the first existence probability.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a first memory coupled to the one or more processors storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to function as:
- a detection unit configured to, based on captured image data, detect a subject area that partially includes a subject to be detected;
- and
- a control unit configured to perform shooting control based on data corresponding to the subject area among the captured image data, and on a distribution of existence probabilities of the subject in the subject area, the distribution being stored in a second memory, the control unit performing the shooting control so that a contribution of data corresponding to a position with a first existence probability is larger than a contribution of data corresponding to a position with a second existence probability that is lower than the first existence probability.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a first memory coupled to the one or more processors storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to function as:
- a detection unit configured to, based on captured image data, detect a subject area that partially includes a subject to be detected;
- an identification unit configured to identify a specific distance range in which a probability that the subject exists reaches a threshold based on information that defines a relationship between a distance range from a center of the subject area and a probability that the subject exists in at least a part of an area inside the distance range, the information being stored in a second memory;
- and
- a control unit configured to perform shooting control based on data corresponding to the subject area among the captured image data, and on the specific distance range, the control unit performing the shooting control so that a contribution of data corresponding to a position inside the specific distance range is larger than a contribution of data corresponding to a position outside the specific distance range.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a first memory coupled to the one or more processors storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to function as:
- a detection unit configured to, based on captured image data captured by an image capturing unit, detect a subject area that at least partially includes a subject to be detected;
- and
- a control unit configured to perform shooting control of the image capturing unit based on the captured image data while making area-by-area weights vary in accordance with a subject type with respect to the subject area detected by the detection unit in the captured image data.
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A method comprising:
- based on captured image data, detecting a subject area that partially includes a subject to be detected;
- and
- performing shooting control based on data corresponding to the subject area among the captured image data, and on a distribution of existence probabilities of the subject in the subject area, the distribution being stored in a memory, the shooting control being performed so that a contribution of data corresponding to a position with a first existence probability is larger than a contribution of data corresponding to a position with a second existence probability that is lower than the first existence probability.
A method comprising:
- based on captured image data, detecting a subject area that partially includes a subject to be detected;
- identifying a specific distance range in which a probability that the subject exists reaches a threshold based on information that defines a relationship between a distance range from a center of the subject area and a probability that the subject exists in at least a part of an area inside the distance range, the information being stored in a memory;
- and
- performing shooting control based on data corresponding to the subject area among the captured image data, and on the specific distance range, the shooting control being performed so that a contribution of data corresponding to a position inside the specific distance range is larger than a contribution of data corresponding to a position outside the specific distance range.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a program for causing a computer to execute a method comprising:
- based on captured image data, detecting a subject area that partially includes a subject to be detected;
- and
- performing shooting control based on data corresponding to the subject area among the captured image data, and on a distribution of existence probabilities of the subject in the subject area, the distribution being stored in a memory, the shooting control being performed so that a contribution of data corresponding to a position with a first existence probability is larger than a contribution of data corresponding to a position with a second existence probability that is lower than the first existence probability.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a program for causing a computer to execute a method comprising:
- based on captured image data, detecting a subject area that partially includes a subject to be detected;
- identifying a specific distance range in which a probability that the subject exists reaches a threshold based on information that defines a relationship between a distance range from a center of the subject area and a probability that the subject exists in at least a part of an area inside the distance range, the information being stored in a memory;
- and
- performing shooting control based on data corresponding to the subject area among the captured image data, and on the specific distance range, the shooting control being performed so that a contribution of data corresponding to a position inside the specific distance range is larger than a contribution of data corresponding to a position outside the specific distance range.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.