# US 12,010,419 B2 · Control apparatus, control method, and non-transitory 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 12,010,419 B2 - Document ID: US12010419B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/355,609 - Filed: 2023-07-20 - Published: 2023-11-09 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-11-13 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Kenshiro Mizuma - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010419B2 ## CPC - H04N 7/181: {for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources} - H04N 23/617: Upgrading or updating of programs or applications for camera control - H04N 23/62: Control of parameters via user interfaces - 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 23/695: Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A control apparatus comprises a determination unit configured to, in a case where a user operation for removing an image capturing apparatus being a control target from the control target is performed, determine whether or not the image capturing apparatus is executing a specific function, and a control unit configured to, in a case where the determination unit determines that the image capturing apparatus is executing the specific function, cause the image capturing apparatus to stop the specific function. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control apparatus comprising a computer executing instructions which, when executed by the computer, cause the control apparatus to: determine whether an operation state indicates that an image capturing apparatus is operating an automatic control function or not; and in a case where the operation state is determined that the image capturing apparatus is not operating the automatic control function, transmit, to the image capturing apparatus set as a control target of the control apparatus, a first control command to cause the image capturing apparatus set as the control target to perform a specific function, wherein, in a case where an operation state is determined that the image capturing apparatus is operating the automatic control function, a second control command to cause the image capturing apparatus set as the control target to stop the specific function is not transmitted to the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific function is a function of controlling a pan of the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific function is a function of controlling a tilt of the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific function is a function of controlling a zoom of the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the automatic control function is at least one of a preset, a preset cycle, and a trace. ### Claim 6 A control method that a control apparatus performs, the method comprising: determining whether an operation state indicates that an image capturing apparatus is operating an automatic control function or not; and in a case where the operation state is determined that the image capturing apparatus is not operating the automatic control function, transmitting, to the image capturing apparatus set as a control target of the control apparatus, a first control command to cause the image capturing apparatus set as the control target to perform a specific function, wherein, in a case where an operation state is determined that the image capturing apparatus is operating the automatic control function, a second control command to cause the image capturing apparatus set as the control target to stop the specific function is not transmitted to the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The control method according to claim 6, wherein the specific function is a function of controlling a pan of the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The control method according to claim 6, wherein the specific function is a function of controlling a tilt of the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The control method according to claim 6, wherein the specific function is a function of controlling a zoom of the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The control method according to claim 6, wherein the automatic control function is at least one of a preset, a preset cycle, and a trace. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that cause a computer to perform a method comprising: determining whether an operation state indicates that an image capturing apparatus is operating an automatic control function or not; and in a case where the operation state is determined that the image capturing apparatus is not operating the automatic control function, transmitting, to the image capturing apparatus set as a control target of the control apparatus, a first control command to cause the image capturing apparatus set as the control target to perform a specific function, wherein, in a case where an operation state is determined that the image capturing apparatus is operating the automatic control function, a second control command to cause the image capturing apparatus set as the control target to stop the specific function is not transmitted to the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the specific function is a function of controlling a pan of the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the specific function is a function of controlling a tilt of the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the specific function is a function of controlling a zoom of the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the automatic control function is at least one of a preset, a preset cycle, and a trace.