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US 9,883,103 B2Granted
Imaging control apparatus and method for generating a display image, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomohiro Goto
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Abstract
An imaging control apparatus that controls a capturing range in which an image is captured generates a display image showing a range to be captured by image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of a plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges or a range not to be captured by the image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges.
Claims20
An imaging control apparatus that controls a capturing range in which an image is captured, the apparatus comprising:
- an obtaining unit configured to obtain settings regarding a plurality of predetermined capturing ranges and settings regarding an order in which the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges are captured;
- and
- a generating unit configured to generate a display image showing a range to be captured by image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges or a range not to be captured by the image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges, based on the settings regarding the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges and the settings regarding the order in which the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges are captured.
A method for generating a display image in an imaging control apparatus that controls a capturing range in which an image is captured, the method comprising:
- obtaining settings regarding a plurality of predetermined capturing ranges and settings regarding an order in which the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges are captured;
- and
- generating a display image showing a range to be captured by image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges or a range not to be captured by the image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges, based on the settings regarding the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges and the settings regarding the order in which the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges are captured.
A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program that generates a display image,
- wherein the computer program is configured to:
- obtain settings regarding a plurality of predetermined capturing ranges and settings regarding an order in which the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges is captured;
- and
- generate a display image showing a range to be captured by image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges or a range not to be captured by the image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges, based on the settings regarding the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges and the settings regarding the order in which the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges are captured.
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An imaging control apparatus that controls a capturing range in which an image is captured, the apparatus comprising:
- an obtaining unit configured to obtain settings regarding a plurality of predetermined capturing ranges captured by a capturing unit and settings regarding an order in which the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges is captured;
- and
- a generating unit configured to generate a display image showing a capturing direction of the capturing unit that is changed so as to change the capturing range from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges, based on an ability of the capturing unit to change the capturing direction to a pan direction and an ability of the capturing unit to change the capturing direction to a tilt direction, and showing a range to be captured by image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges or a range not to be captured by the image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges, based on the settings regarding the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges and the settings regarding the order in which the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges are captured.
An imaging control method for controlling a capturing range in which an image is captured, the method comprising:
- obtaining settings regarding a plurality of predetermined capturing ranges captured by an image capturing unit and settings regarding an order in which the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges is captured by the image capturing unit;
- and
- generating a display image showing a capturing direction of the image capturing unit that is changed so as to change the capturing range from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges, based on an ability of the image capturing unit to change the capturing direction to a pan direction and an ability of the image capturing unit to change the capturing direction to a tilt direction, and showing a range to be captured by image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges or a range not to be captured by the image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges, based on the settings regarding the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges and the settings regarding the order in which the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges are captured.
A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program that generates a display image,
- wherein the computer program is configured to:
- obtain settings regarding a plurality of predetermined capturing ranges captured by an image capturing unit and settings regarding an order in which the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges is captured by the image capturing unit;
- and
- generating a display image showing a capturing direction of the image capturing unit that is changed so as to change the capturing range from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges, based on an ability of the image capturing unit to change the capturing direction to a pan direction and an ability of the image capturing unit to change the capturing direction to a tilt direction, and showing a range to be captured by image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges or a range not to be captured by the image capturing performed while the capturing range is changed from one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges to another one of the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges, based on the settings regarding the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges and the settings regarding the order in which the plurality of predetermined capturing ranges are captured.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.