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US 2021/0176450 A1Published application
Control apparatus and control method for same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomohiro Yano
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Abstract
A control apparatus which controls a virtual camera according to a user operation related to an operation of the virtual camera, when the control apparatus accepts the user operation, determines whether or not to restrict moving of the virtual camera according to the accepted user operation depending on whether or not a predetermined condition for the virtual camera is fulfilled.
Claims19
A control apparatus comprising:
- an acceptance unit configured to accept input for moving a virtual viewpoint corresponding to a virtual viewpoint image;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the virtual viewpoint in accordance with input accepted by the acceptance unit, the control unit being configured to move the virtual viewpoint to the outside of a predetermined setting region in accordance with input for moving the virtual viewpoint from the inside to the outside of the setting region if the direction of the virtual viewpoint is within a specific range, and restrict movement of the virtual viewpoint in accordance with the input for moving the virtual viewpoint from the inside to the outside of the setting region if the direction of the virtual viewpoint is not within the specific range.
A control method comprising:
- accepting input for moving a virtual viewpoint corresponding to a virtual viewpoint image;
- moving the virtual viewpoint to the outside of a predetermined setting region in accordance with input for moving the virtual viewpoint from the inside to the outside of the setting region if the direction of the virtual viewpoint is within a specific range;
- and
- restricting movement of the virtual viewpoint in accordance with the input for moving the virtual viewpoint from the inside to the outside of the setting region if the direction of the virtual viewpoint is not within the specific range.
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A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform a control method comprising:
- accepting input for moving a virtual viewpoint corresponding to a virtual viewpoint image;
- moving the virtual viewpoint to the outside of a predetermined setting region in accordance with input for moving the virtual viewpoint from the inside to the outside of the setting region if the direction of the virtual viewpoint is within a specific range;
- and
- restricting movement of the virtual viewpoint in accordance with the input for moving the virtual viewpoint from the inside to the outside of the setting region if the direction of the virtual viewpoint is not within the specific range.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.