Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorOsamu Yonishi
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Abstract
In a case where it is difficult for a user to determine which of an infra-red light video, a visible light video, and a combined video is desirable for use in monitoring for the reason that the determination result changes depending on the image capturing situation, an image capturing apparatus outputs at least one of the infra-red light image, the visible light image, and the combined image based on a result of detection of an object in the infra-red light image and a result of detection of an object in the visible light image.
Claims18
An image capturing apparatus including an infra-red light capturing unit and a visible light capturing unit, the image capturing apparatus comprising:
- a detection unit configured to detect an object from at least one of a first image obtained by the infra-red light capturing unit and a second image obtained by the visible light capturing unit;
- a combining unit configured to generate a combined image based on the first and second images;
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- an output unit configured to, based on a result of the detection by the detection unit, selectively output one of the first image, the second image, and the combined image to a client apparatus via a network,
- wherein the detection unit includes a first detection unit configured to detect an object from the first image obtained by the infra-red light capturing unit, and a second detection unit configured to detect an object from the second image obtained by the visible light capturing unit.
An image processing apparatus that communicates via a network with an image capturing apparatus including an infra-red light capturing unit and a visible light capturing unit, the image processing apparatus comprising:
- a reception unit configured to receive a first image obtained by the infra-red light capturing unit and a second image obtained by the visible light capturing unit;
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- an output unit configured to, based on a result of detection of an object in the first image and a result of detection of an object in the second image, output at least one of the first image, the second image, and a combined image obtained by combining the first and second images.
A control method for controlling an image capturing apparatus including an infra-red light capturing unit and a visible light capturing unit, the control method comprising:
- detecting an object from at least one of a first image obtained by the infra-red light capturing unit and a second image obtained by the visible light capturing unit;
- generating a combined image based on the first and second images;
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- based on a result of the detection, selectively outputting one of the first image, the second image, and the combined image to a client apparatus via a network.
A control method for controlling an image processing apparatus that communicates via a network with an image capturing apparatus including an infra-red light capturing unit and a visible light capturing unit, the control method comprising:
- receiving a first image obtained by the infra-red light capturing unit and a second image obtained by the visible light capturing unit;
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- based on a result of detection of an object in the first image and a result of detection of an object in the second image, outputting at least one of the first image, the second image, and a combined image obtained by combining the first and second images.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein a program readable by a computer including an infra-red light capturing unit and a visible light capturing unit, the program causing the computer to function as:
- a detection unit configured to detect an object from at least one of a first image obtained by the infra-red light capturing unit and a second image obtained by the visible light capturing unit;
- a combining unit configured to generate a combined image based on the first and second images;
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- an output unit configured to, based on a result of the detection by the detection unit, output at least one of the first image, the second image, and the combined image to a client apparatus via a network.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein a program readable by a computer that communicates with an image capturing apparatus including an infra-red light capturing unit and a visible light capturing unit, the program causing the computer to function as:
- a reception unit configured to receive a first image obtained by the infra-red light capturing unit and a second image obtained by the visible light capturing unit;
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- an output unit configured to, based on a result of detection of an object in the first image and a result of detection of an object in the second image, output at least one of the first image, the second image, and a combined image obtained by combining the first and second images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.