Imaging control system, control apparatus, control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMichihiko Ono
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Abstract
A control apparatus for controlling an imaging apparatus capable of changing an imaging direction of an imaging unit in panning and tilting directions includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and an provision unit configured to provide, together with the captured image, when the imaging direction of the imaging unit coincides with a panning rotational axis for rotating the imaging direction in the panning direction, a panning direction guide for indicating that changing the imaging direction in the panning direction rotates the captured image around an intersection of an optical axis of the imaging unit and a plane containing the captured image.
Claims15
A control apparatus for controlling an imaging apparatus capable of changing an imaging direction of an imaging unit in panning and tilting directions, the control apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image captured by the imaging unit;
- and
- a provision unit configured to provide, together with the captured image, when the imaging direction of the imaging unit coincides with a panning rotational axis for rotating the imaging direction in the panning direction, a panning direction guide for indicating that changing the imaging direction in the panning direction rotates the captured image around an imaging center which is an intersection of an optical axis of the imaging unit and a plane containing the captured image.
A control apparatus for controlling an imaging apparatus capable of changing an imaging direction of an imaging unit in panning and tilting directions, the control apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image captured by the imaging unit;
- and
- a provision unit configured to provide a panning direction guide for indicating a part or the whole of a circle around a panning rotation center which is an intersection of a panning rotational axis for rotating the imaging direction of the imaging unit in the panning direction and a plane containing the captured image, by superimposing, when the imaging direction is changed in the panning direction, the panning direction guide onto the captured image such that the panning direction guide does not pass through an imaging center which is an intersection of an optical axis of the imaging unit and the plane containing the captured image.
The control apparatus according to claim. 2, wherein the provision unit is configured to superimpose the panning direction guide onto the captured image in accordance with a change in the imaging direction in a rotation direction in which the imaging direction is rotated around the optical axis.
A control apparatus for controlling an imaging apparatus capable of changing an imaging direction of an imaging unit in panning and tilting directions, the control apparatus comprising:
- a panning operation unit configured to instruct the imaging apparatus to change the imaging direction in the panning direction;
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image captured by the imaging unit;
- and
- a display control unit configured to display, when an intersection of a panning rotational axis for rotating the imaging direction of the imaging unit in the panning direction and a plane containing the captured image is set as a panning rotation center and an intersection of an optical axis of the imaging unit and the plane is set as an imaging center, a panning direction guide on the captured image and display on the panning direction guide an icon for inputting a command to the panning operation unit, the panning direction guide indicating a part or the whole of a circle around the panning rotation center passing through a predetermined point existing on a straight line passing through the panning rotation center and the imaging center, where a distance of the predetermined point from the panning rotation center is longer than a distance from the panning rotation center to the imaging center.
An imaging control system comprising an imaging apparatus and a control unit for controlling the imaging apparatus,
- wherein the imaging apparatus comprises:
- an imaging unit configured to capture an image;
- a panning change unit configured to move the imaging unit in a panning direction;
- and
- a tilting change unit configured to move the imaging unit in a tilting direction, and
- wherein the control unit comprises:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image captured by the imaging unit;
- and
- a provision unit configured to provide, together with the captured image, when an imaging direction of the imaging unit coincides with a panning rotational axis for rotating the imaging direction in the panning direction, a panning direction guide for indicating that changing the imaging direction in the panning direction rotates the captured image around an intersection of an optical axis of the imaging unit and a plane containing the captured image.
A method for controlling an imaging apparatus capable of changing an imaging direction of an imaging unit in panning and tilting directions, the method comprising:
- acquiring a captured image captured by the imaging unit;
- and
- providing, together with the captured image, when the imaging direction of the imaging unit coincides with a panning rotational axis for rotating the imaging direction in the panning direction, a panning direction guide for indicating that changing the imaging direction in the panning direction rotates the captured image around an intersection of an optical axis of the imaging unit and a plane containing the captured image.
A method for controlling an imaging apparatus capable of changing an imaging direction of an imaging unit in panning and tilting directions, the method comprising:
- acquiring a captured image captured by the imaging unit;
- and
- providing a panning direction guide for indicating that changing the imaging direction in the panning direction rotates a predetermined point on the captured image around an intersection of a panning rotational axis for rotating the imaging direction of the imaging unit in the panning direction and a plane containing the captured image, by superimposing, when the imaging direction is changed in the panning direction, the panning direction guide onto the captured image such that the panning direction guide does not pass through an imaging center which is an intersection of an optical axis of the imaging unit and a plane containing the captured image.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a control apparatus for controlling an imaging apparatus capable of changing an imaging direction of an imaging unit in panning and tilting directions to execute a method comprising:
- acquiring a captured image captured by the imaging unit;
- and
- providing, together with the captured image, when the imaging direction of the imaging unit coincides with a panning rotational axis for rotating the imaging direction in the panning direction, a panning direction guide for indicating that changing the imaging direction in the panning direction rotates the captured image around an intersection of an optical axis of the imaging unit and a plane containing the captured image.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a control apparatus for controlling an imaging apparatus capable of changing an imaging direction of an imaging unit in panning and tilting directions to execute a method comprising:
- acquiring a captured image captured by the imaging unit;
- and
- providing a panning direction guide for indicating that changing the imaging direction in the panning direction rotates a predetermined point on the captured image around an intersection of a panning rotational axis for rotating the imaging direction of the imaging unit in the panning direction and a plane containing the captured image, by superimposing, when the imaging direction is changed in the panning direction, the panning direction guide onto the captured image such that the panning direction guide does not pass through an imaging center which is an intersection of an optical axis of the imaging unit and a plane containing the captured image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.