Control device and control method
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorShuichi Goto
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Abstract
Provided is a control device and a control method and a program that are capable of efficiently performing continuous imaging on main subjects as targets. The control device according to the present technology determines, on the basis of distances to respective main subjects included in an imaging range, the main subjects away from each other by a distance equal to or larger than a threshold distance to be the main subjects different from each other and controls continuous imaging on each of the main subjects, as targets, determined to be the main subjects that are different. The present technology is applicable to a device having an imaging function such as a digital still camera or a smartphone.
Claims10
A control device, comprising:
- a main subject determination unit configured to:
- divide a main subjects region on a main subject degree map into a plurality of sub-regions having a specific size, wherein
- the main subject degree map indicates a degree of likeliness of a plurality of main subjects included as a pixel value of an individual pixel;
- and
- determine, based on a distance to each sub-region of the plurality of sub-regions, two main subjects that are different, wherein
- the plurality of main subjects comprises the two main subjects, and
- the determination that the two main subjects are different is based on a distance between the two main subjects being equal to or larger than a threshold distance;
- and
- an imaging control unit configured to control a continuous imaging operation on each main subject of the two main subjects as a target.
A control method, comprising:
- dividing a main subjects region on a main subject degree map into a plurality of sub-regions having a specific size, wherein
- the main subject degree map indicates a degree of likeliness of a plurality of main subjects included as a pixel value of an individual pixel;
- and
- determining, based on a distance to each sub-region of the plurality of sub-regions, two main subjects that are different, wherein
- the plurality of main subjects comprises the two main subjects, and
- the determination that the two main subjects are different is based on a distance between the two main subjects being equal to or larger than a threshold distance;
- and
- controlling continuous imaging operation on each main subject of the two main subjects as a target.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- dividing a main subjects region on a main subject degree map into a plurality of sub-regions having a specific size, wherein
- the main subject degree map indicates a degree of likeliness of a plurality of main subjects included as a pixel value of an individual pixel;
- and
- determining, based on a distance to each sub-region of the plurality of sub-regions, two main subjects that are different, wherein
- the plurality of main subjects comprises the two main subjects, and
- the determination that the two main subjects are different is based on a distance between the two main subjects being equal to or larger than a threshold distance;
- and
- controlling continuous imaging operation on each main subject of the two main subjects as a target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.