Imaging assistance device, imaging assistance method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKENJI SUGIYAMA, ATSUSHI NOGAMI
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Abstract
An imaging assistance device detects a plurality of subjects from a captured image obtained by image capturing in accordance with an input of an imaging setting related at least to focusing, and estimates a defocus range indicating a region of a defocus amount of each subject. The imaging assistance device selects at least one subject from among the plurality of detected subjects based on a detection result of each subject and an estimation result of the defocus range of each subject, and outputs information regarding the focusing on the selected subject or subjects.
Claims20
An imaging assistance device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the imaging assistance device at least to:
- detect a plurality of subjects from a captured image obtained by image capturing in accordance with an input of an imaging setting related at least to focusing;
- estimate a defocus range indicating a region of a defocus amount of each subject;
- select at least one subject from among the plurality of detected subjects, based on a detection result of each subject and an estimation result of the defocus range of each subject;
- and
- output information regarding the focusing on the selected subject or subjects.
An imaging assistance method comprising:
- detecting a plurality of subjects from a captured image obtained by image capturing in accordance with an input of an imaging setting related at least to focusing;
- estimating a defocus range indicating a region of a defocus amount of each subject;
- selecting at least one subject from among the plurality of subjects detected by the detecting, based on a detection result of each subject and an estimation result of the defocus range of each subject;
- and
- outputting information regarding the focusing on the selected subject or subjects.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that, when read and executed by a computer, causes the computer to function as an imaging assistance device configured to:
- detect a plurality of subjects from a captured image obtained by image capturing in accordance with an input of an imaging setting related at least to focusing;
- estimate a defocus range indicating a region of a defocus amount of each subject;
- select at least one subject from among the plurality of detected subjects, based on a detection result of each subject and an estimation result of the defocus range of each subject;
- and
- output information regarding the focusing on the selected subject or subjects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.