Control method and apparatus

A control method for controlling an image shooting apparatus comprising at least two cameras mounted inside a cockpit of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a control apparatus, an instruction,
• wherein the instruction indicates one of several modes for operating the at least two cameras selected by a user of the image shooting apparatus,
• wherein the several modes include a panoramic photographing mode inside the cockpit of the vehicle, a panoramic photographing mode outside the vehicle, a driver photographing mode, a front passenger photographing mode, a privacy mode a video call mode, or a dual-camera video mode,
• wherein the control apparatus is configured to implement each of the several modes according to the instruction, and
• wherein the instruction is based on information provided by the user and instructs the control apparatus to enable the privacy mode;
• generating, by the control apparatus, control signaling to enable the privacy mode;
• controlling, by the control apparatus, by using the control signaling, a space state of at least one camera of the at least two cameras comprising the image shooting apparatus based on the privacy mode indicated by the instruction, and
• wherein the control signaling controls the image shooting apparatus to power off and retract the at least two cameras in response to the instruction indicating the privacy mode;
• and
• generating, by the control apparatus, visual and/or audible confirmation to the user that the privacy mode is enabled.