US 12,338,009 B2
Image capturing system equipped with device capable of flying, method of controlling image capturing system, and storage medium
Yoichi Fukumiya, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/457,964.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-137143 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0067369 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. B64U 20/87 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC B64U 20/87 (2023.01) [H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capturing system comprising:
a device that is capable of flying; and
an image capturing apparatus attached to the device and comprising a lens, a lens barrel containing the lens, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a length of the lens barrel,
wherein the device comprises:
a drive unit configured to hold the image capturing apparatus and change a position of the image capturing apparatus, and
a control unit configured to control the drive unit in a direction in which the lens of the image capturing apparatus is oriented toward a main unit of the device in a case where image capturing is not performed by the image capturing apparatus, and
wherein the adjustment unit adjusts the length of the lens barrel such that a front end face of the lens is positioned close to the main unit after the lens is oriented toward the main unit.