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US 12,764,247 B2Granted
Video output apparatus and method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShota Otani, Tomohiro Ota
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Abstract
A video output apparatus comprises: a setting unit that is capable of setting a plurality of frames each indicative of partial video which is a part of input video; a selection unit that selects a subject according to an operation performed on the input video; an output unit that outputs video; and a control unit that performs control corresponding to the subject selected by the selection unit. In a case where the subject is selected under a state in which a plurality of frames are set, the output unit outputs partial video of a frame including the selected subject from among the plurality of set frames.
Claims17
A video output apparatus comprising one or more processors and/or circuitry which function as:
- a setting unit that is capable of setting a plurality of frames each indicative of partial video which is a part of input video;
- a selection unit that selects a subject according to an operation performed on the input video;
- an output unit that outputs video;
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- a control unit that performs at least focus control corresponding to the subject selected by the selection unit and that controls selection of a frame to be output by the output unit while performing the focus control,
- wherein, in a case where the subject is selected under a state in which the plurality of frames are set, the setting unit sets a priority order of the plurality of frames according to a predetermined method, and
- wherein, in a case where the subject is selected under a state in which a plurality of frames are set, the control unit determines, from among the plurality of set frames, a frame including the selected subject as the frame indicative of a partial video to be output, and if the selected subject is included in two or more of the plurality of frames, the control unit determines a frame with a highest priority among the two or more of the plurality of frames as the frame indicative of the partial video to be output, and the output unit outputs partial video of the determined frame.
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A video output apparatus comprising one or more processors and/or circuitry which function as:
- a display control unit concurrently that displays, on a display unit, a plurality of input videos that are supplied from at least one external imaging apparatus;
- a selection unit that, in response to an operation performed on any one of the plurality of input videos, selects a subject included in the operated input video and obtains position information of the selected subject in the input videos;
- a notifying unit that transmits, via a communication interface, the position information of the selected subject to the external imaging apparatus that has supplied the operated input video;
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- an output unit that, based on a notification from the selection unit, selects the input video including the selected subject as an output video and outputs the selected input video.
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A video output method comprising:
- setting at least one frame indicative of partial video which is a part of input video;
- selecting a subject according to an operation performed on the input video;
- outputting video;
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- performing at least focus control corresponding to the subject selected and that controls selection of a frame to be output by the output unit while performing the focus control,
- wherein in a case where the subject is selected under a state in which the plurality of frames are set, setting a priority order of the plurality of frames according to a predetermined method, and
- wherein, in a case where the subject is selected under a state in which a plurality of frames are set determining, from among the plurality of set frames, a frame including the selected subject as the frame indicative of a partial video to be output, and if the selected subject is included in two or more of the plurality of frames, determining a frame with a highest priority among the two or more of the plurality of frames as the frame indicative of the partial video to be output, and outputting, partial video of the determined frame.
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A video output method comprising:
- concurrently displaying, on a display unit, a plurality of input videos that are supplied from at least one external imaging apparatus;
- selecting, in response to an operation performed on any one of the plurality of input videos, a subject included in the operated input video and obtains position information of the selected subject in the input videos;
- transmitting, via a communication interface, the position information of the selected subject to the external imaging apparatus that has supplied the operated input video;
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- selecting, based on a notification from the selection unit, the input video including the selected subject as an output video and outputs the selected input video.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the storage medium storing a program that is executable by the computer, wherein the program includes program code for causing the computer to function as a video output apparatus comprising:
- a setting unit that is capable of setting a plurality of frames each indicative of partial video which is a part of input video;
- a selection unit that selects a subject according to an operation performed on the input video;
- an output unit that outputs video;
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- a control unit that performs at least focus control corresponding to the subject selected by the selection unit and that controls selection of a frame to be output by the output unit while performing the focus control,
- wherein, in a case where the subject is selected under a state in which the plurality of frames are set, the setting unit sets a priority order of the plurality of frames according to a predetermined method, and
- wherein, in a case where the subject is selected under a state in which a plurality of frames are set, the control unit determines, from among the plurality of set frames, a frame including the selected subject as the frame indicative of a partial video to be output, and if the selected subject is included in two or more of the plurality of frames, the control unit determines a frame with a highest priority among the two or more of the plurality of frames as the frame indicative of the partial video to be output, and the output unit outputs partial video of the determined frame.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the storage medium storing a program that is executable by the computer, wherein the program includes program code for causing the computer to function as a video output apparatus comprising:
- a display control unit that concurrently displays, on a display unit, a plurality of input videos that are supplied from at least one external imaging apparatus;
- a selection unit that, in response to an operation performed on any one of the plurality of input videos, selects a subject included in the operated input video and obtains position information of the selected subject in the input videos;
- a notifying unit that transmits, via a communication interface, the position information of the selected subject to the external imaging apparatus that has supplied the operated input video;
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- an output unit that, based on a notification from the selection unit, selects the input video including the selected subject as an output video and outputs the selected input video.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.