Image processing apparatus for estimating action of subject and adding information indicating the action of the subject to an image, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShunji Fujita
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus acquires a plurality of pieces of image data sequentially outputted from an imager and, in accordance with reception of an image capturing instruction to capture a still image, specify as image data to be processed a plurality of pieces of image data in a period that includes a timing at which the still image is captured. The image processing apparatus, based on an action of a subject estimated using the image data to be processed, add information that indicates the action of the subject to data of the still image.
Claims13
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing instructions which, when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, cause the image processing apparatus to function as:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first plurality of pieces of image data sequentially outputted from an image capturing unit;
- a specification unit configured to, in accordance with reception of an image capturing instruction to capture a still image, specify, among the first plurality of pieces of image data, as image data to be processed, a second plurality of pieces of image data in a period that includes a timing at which the still image is captured;
- and
- a control unit configured to, based on an action of a subject estimated using the second plurality of pieces of image data specified as the image data to be processed, add information that indicates the action of the subject to data of the still image.
A method for controlling an image processing apparatus, the control method comprising:
- acquiring a first plurality of pieces of image data sequentially outputted from an image capturing unit;
- in accordance with reception of an image capturing instruction to capture a still image, specifying, among the fir plurality of pieces of image data, as image data to be processed, a second plurality of pieces of image data in a period that includes a timing at which the still image is captured;
- and
- controlling, based on an action of a subject estimated using the second plurality of pieces of image data specified as the image data to be processed, to add information that indicates the action of the subject to data of the still image.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for performing a control method of an image processing apparatus, the control method comprising:
- acquiring a first plurality of pieces of image data sequentially outputted from an image capturing unit;
- in accordance with reception of an image capturing instruction to capture a still image, specifying, among the fir plurality of pieces of image data, as image data to be processed, a second plurality of pieces of image data in a period that includes a timing at which the still image is captured;
- and
- controlling, based on an action of a subject estimated using the second plurality of pieces of image data specified as the image data to be processed, to add information that indicates the action of the subject to data of the still image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.