US 12,267,578 B2
Control apparatus, image pickup apparatus, control method, and storage medium
Yasuhiro Mizobuchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/185,299.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-047112 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0308745 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/64 (2023.01) [H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/651 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to:
perform object searching using image data that has been acquired from an image pickup apparatus;
control the search by controlling a focal length of the image pickup apparatus according to a specified search distance in a search distance range where object search is available, and a size of a searched target object; and
perform the object search at a search distance different from the specified search distance after performing the object search at the specified search distance for a search time.