US 11,689,800 B2
Image capturing apparatus and method of controlling the same, and storage medium
Shunji Fujita, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/739,521.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-081834 (JP), filed on May 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0368827 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/64 (2023.01) [H04N 23/633 (2023.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
at least one processor programmed to perform operations of following units;
a prediction unit configured to generate, by using an image of a first time point and being output from an image capturing unit, a prediction image predicting an image of a second time point in a future subsequent to the first time point;
a determination unit configured to determine, about the prediction image, a degree of suitability indicating a degree of the prediction image being suitable as an image to be recorded; and
a control unit configured to control, in a case where the determined degree of suitability is higher than a predetermined threshold value, the image capturing unit to capture an image upon reaching the second time point,
wherein the control unit sets a shooting reservation for capturing an image upon reaching the second time point, in a case where the determined degree of suitability is higher than the predetermined threshold value;
wherein the control unit, after a first shooting reservation is set for capturing the image of the second time point based on the image of the first time point, determines whether or not the degree of suitability of the prediction image generated using an image of a third time point subsequent to the first time point is higher than the degree of suitability of the prediction image generated using the image of the first time point; and
wherein the control unit cancels the first shooting reservation and sets a second shooting reservation based on the image of the third time point, in a case where the degree of suitability of the prediction image generated using the image of the third time point is higher than the degree of suitability of the prediction image generated using the image of the first time point.