Imaging control device and imaging control method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorShingo Yoshizumi
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Abstract
An imaging control device for an imaging apparatus or an imaging system that includes an imaging unit imaging a subject and a variable mechanism of an imaging viewing field of the imaging unit, includes: a variable imaging viewing field control unit that controls driving of the variable mechanism of the imaging viewing field; and an automatic panorama imaging control unit that, while changing the imaging viewing field by using the variable imaging viewing field control unit, allows the imaging unit to acquire a plurality of image data used for generating panorama image data through imaging as panorama imaging and determines a control operation at the time of the panorama imaging based on an captured image signal acquired by the imaging unit.
Claims20
An imaging control device for an imaging apparatus or an imaging system that includes an imaging unit imaging a subject and a variable mechanism of an imaging viewing field of the imaging unit, the imaging control device comprising:
- a variable imaging viewing field control unit that controls driving of the variable mechanism of the imaging viewing field;
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- an automatic panorama imaging control unit that, while changing the imaging viewing field by using the variable imaging viewing field control unit, allows the imaging unit to acquire a plurality of image data used for generating panorama image data through imaging as panorama imaging and determines a control operation at the time of the panorama imaging based on an captured image signal acquired by the imaging unit.
An imaging control device for an imaging apparatus or an imaging system that includes an imaging unit imaging a subject and a variable mechanism of an imaging viewing field of the imaging unit, the imaging control device comprising:
- a variable imaging viewing field control unit that controls driving of the variable mechanism of the imaging viewing field;
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- an automatic panorama imaging control unit that, while changing the imaging viewing field by using the variable imaging viewing field control unit, allows the imaging unit to acquire a plurality of image data used for generating panorama image data through imaging as panorama imaging and determines a control operation at the time of the panorama imaging in accordance with a trigger for performing the panorama imaging.
A method of controlling imaging for an imaging apparatus or an imaging system that includes an imaging unit imaging a subject and a variable mechanism of an imaging viewing field of the imaging unit, the method comprising the step of:
- allowing the imaging unit to acquire a plurality of image data used for generating panorama image data through imaging as panorama imaging while changing the imaging viewing field by controlling driving of the variable mechanism and determining a control operation at the time of the panorama imaging based on an captured image signal acquired by the imaging unit before or during the performing of the panorama imaging.
A method of controlling imaging for an imaging apparatus or an imaging system that includes an imaging unit imaging a subject and a variable mechanism of an imaging viewing field of the imaging unit, the method comprising the step of:
- determining a control operation at the time of panorama imaging in accordance with a trigger for performing the panorama imaging;
- and allowing the imaging unit to acquire a plurality of image data used for generating panorama image data through imaging as panorama imaging by the determined control operation while changing the imaging viewing field by controlling driving of the variable mechanism.
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