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US 8,411,190 B2Granted
Control apparatus, control method, and computer-readable recording medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHidetoshi Masuda, Toshiaki Ueguri
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Abstract
A control apparatus for controlling an image capture apparatus includes a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit transmits a first command to the image capture apparatus if a predetermined area in a captured image received from the image capture apparatus and a pointer operated by an operation unit are overlapped. The communication unit transmits a second command to the image capture apparatus if a button of the operation unit is clicked in a state that the predetermined area and the pointer are overlapped.
Claims20
A control apparatus for controlling an image capture apparatus, comprising:
- a communication unit that receives a captured image from the image capture apparatus;
- and
- a control unit that causes the control apparatus to display the captured image received by the communication unit in an image display area,
- wherein the control unit causes the control apparatus to display information indicating a predetermined area on the captured image displayed in the image display area,
- wherein the control unit determines whether or not the predetermined area and a pointer operated by an operation unit are overlapped,
- wherein the communication unit transmits a first command to the image capture apparatus if the control unit determines that the predetermined area and the pointer are overlapped,
- wherein the control unit determines whether or not a button of the operation unit is clicked in a state that the predetermined area and the pointer are overlapped,
- wherein the communication unit transmits a second command to the image capture apparatus if the control unit determines that the button of the operation unit is clicked in the state that the predetermined area and the pointer are overlapped,
- wherein the first command is used for causing the image capture apparatus to perform a shooting preparation process based on an image within the predetermined area, and
- wherein the second command is used for causing the image capture apparatus to perform a shooting process for capturing an image.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a captured image from an image capture apparatus;
- causing a control apparatus to display the captured image received from the image capture apparatus in an image display area;
- causing the control apparatus to display information indicating a predetermined area on the captured image displayed in the image display area;
- determining whether or not the predetermined area and a pointer operated by an operation unit are overlapped;
- transmitting a first command to the image capture apparatus from the control apparatus if it is determined that the predetermined area and the pointer are overlapped;
- determining whether or not a button of the operation unit is clicked in a state that the predetermined area and the pointer are overlapped;
- and
- transmitting a second command to the image capture apparatus from the control apparatus if it is determined that the button of the operation unit is clicked in the state that the predetermined area and the pointer are overlapped,
- wherein the first command is used for causing the image capture apparatus to perform a shooting preparation process based on an image within the predetermined area, and
- wherein the second command is used for causing the image capture apparatus to perform a shooting process for capturing an image.
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A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program executed by a computer, the program causing the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a captured image from an image capture apparatus;
- causing a control apparatus to display the captured image received from the image capture apparatus in an image display area;
- causing the control apparatus to display information indicating a predetermined area on the captured image displayed in the image display area;
- determining whether or not the predetermined area and a pointer operated by an operation unit are overlapped;
- transmitting a first command to the image capture apparatus from the control apparatus if it is determined that the predetermined area and the pointer are overlapped;
- determining whether or not a button of the operation unit is clicked in the state that the predetermined area and the pointer are overlapped;
- and
- transmitting a second command to the image capture apparatus from the control apparatus if it is determined that the button of the operation unit is clicked in a state that the predetermined area and the pointer are overlapped,
- wherein the first command is used for causing the image capture apparatus to perform a shooting preparation process based on an image within the predetermined area, and
- wherein the second command is used for causing the image capture apparatus to perform a shooting process for capturing an image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.