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US 9,438,808 B2Granted
Image capture control apparatus, method of limiting control range of image capture direction, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiro Hikida
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Abstract
An image capture control apparatus for controlling the image capture direction of an image capture unit limits the control range of the image capture direction to part of a range where the image capture direction is changeable, and generates, based on the output of the image capture unit, an image having an aspect ratio selected from a plurality of aspect ratios.
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An image capture control apparatus for controlling an image capture direction of an image capture unit, comprising:
- a limiting unit configured to limit an output image output by the image capture control apparatus to part of a range where the image capture unit can capture by changing the image capture direction;
- a generation unit configured to generate, based on a first output image of a first aspect ratio output by the image capture unit under limitation by the limiting unit to the part of the range where the image capture unit can capture, a second output image of a second aspect ratio under the limitation by the limiting unit to the part of the range where the image capture unit can capture;
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- an output unit configured to output the second output image of the second aspect ratio via a communication network,
- wherein said generation unit generates the second output image of the second aspect ratio to have a first side contacting with a first side of the part of the range where the image capture unit can capture, without removing, from the first output image, a region configured by a first side of the first output image contacting with the first side of the part of the range where the image capture unit can capture, but by removing, from the first output image, a region configured by a second side of the first output image opposite to the first side of the first output image.
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A method of limiting an output image output by an image capture apparatus, comprising:
- setting limitation on an output image output by the image capture apparatus to part of a range where an image capture unit of the image capture apparatus can capture by changing an image capture direction of the image capture unit;
- generating, based on a first output image of a first aspect ratio output by the image capture unit under the limitation set in the setting step to the part of the range where the image capture unit can capture, a second output image of a second aspect ratio under the limitation set in the setting step to the part of the range where the image capture unit can capture;
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- outputting both the first output image of the first aspect ratio and the second output image of the second aspect ratio via a communication network,
- wherein the second output image of the second aspect ratio is generated to have a first side contacting with a first side of the part of the range where the image capture unit can capture, without removing, from the first output image, a region configured by a first side of the first output image contacting with the first side of the part of the range where the image capture unit can capture, but by removing, from the first output image, a region configured by a second side of the first output image opposite to the first side of the first output image.
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A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program configured to limit an output image output by an image capture apparatus, the computer program causing a computer to execute:
- a setting step of setting limitation on an output image output by the image capture apparatus to part of a range where an image capture unit of the image capture apparatus can capture by changing an image capture direction of the image capture unit;
- a generation step of generating, based on a first output image of a first aspect ratio output by the image capture unit under the limitation set in the setting step to the part of the range where the image capture unit can capture, a second output image of a second aspect ratio under the limitation set in the setting step to the part of the range where the image capture unit can capture;
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- an output step of outputting both the first output image of the first aspect ratio and the second output image of the second aspect ratio via a communication network,
- wherein the second output image of the second aspect ratio is generated to have a first side contacting with a first side of the part of the range where the image capture unit can capture without removing, from the first output image, a region configured by a first side of the first output image contacting with the first side of the part of the range where the image capture unit can capture, but by removing, from the first output image, a region configured by a second side of the first output image opposite to the first side of the first output image.
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An image capture control apparatus for controlling an image capture direction of an image capture unit, comprising:
- a limiting unit configured to limit an output image output by the image capture control apparatus to part of a range where the image capture unit can capture by changing the image capture direction;
- a control unit configured to control the image capture direction based on the part of the range;
- a determination unit configured to determine a region to be removed from a first output image of a first aspect ratio captured based on the image capture direction, controlled by the control unit, so that a contour of the region to be removed is opposite to a side of the first output image that contacts with a boundary line of the part of the range;
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- a generation unit configured to generate, by removing the region determined by the determination unit from the first output image of the first aspect ratio, a second output image of a second aspect ratio including a portion of the first output image that contacts with the boundary line of the part of the range.
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A method of limiting an output image output by an image capture apparatus, comprising:
- limiting an output image output by the image capture apparatus to part of a range where an image capture unit of the image capture apparatus can capture by changing an image capture direction of the image capture unit;
- controlling the image capture direction based on the part of the range;
- determining a region to be removed from a first output image of a first aspect ratio captured based on the image capture direction, controlled in the controlling, so that a contour of the region to be removed is opposite to a side of the first output image that contacts with a boundary line of the part of the range;
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- generating, by removing the determined region from the first output image of the first aspect ratio, a second output image of a second aspect ratio including a portion of the first output image that contacts with the boundary line of the part of the range.
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A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program configured to limit an output image output by an image capture apparatus, the computer program causing a computer to execute:
- a limiting step of limiting output images output by the image capture apparatus to part of a range where an image capture unit of the image capture apparatus can capture by changing an image capture direction of the image capture unit;
- a controlling step of controlling the image capture direction based on the part of the range;
- a determining step of determining a region to be removed from a first output image of a first aspect ratio captured based on the image capture direction, controlled in the controlling step, so that a contour of the region to be removed is opposite to a side of the first output image that contacts with a boundary line of the part of the range;
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- a generation step of generating, by removing the determined region from the first output image of a first aspect ratio, a second output image of a second aspect ratio including a portion of the first output image that contacts with the boundary line of the part of the range.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.