US 12,225,287 B2
Camera control apparatus capable of acquiring images from a plurality of cameras and performing image-capturing
Mai Komiyama, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,834.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-085776 (JP), filed on May 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377237 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/667 (2023.01) [H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus configured to acquire images from a plurality of cameras performing control so that a subject is at a predetermined position of a captured image by tracking the subject and performing automatic image-capturing, the control apparatus comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor that, upon execution of the instructions, is configured to:
acquire a status of the automatic image-capturing of each of the plurality of cameras, the automatic image-capturing status including information about a current automatic image-capturing target;
identify based on the acquired automatic image-capturing status, a camera from among the plurality of cameras for which manual image-capturing by a user is recommended; and
perform control to provide notification based on a result of the identification.