US 12,356,076 B2
Image capture control device, image capture device, image capture control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
Takuya Toyoda, Kanagawa (JP); Masashi Nishiyama, Kanagawa (JP); Asuka Matsuoka, Kanagawa (JP); Tomoaki Komiyama, Kanagawa (JP); Fumihiko Kato, Kanagawa (JP); and Koyo Sato, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,497.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-084728 (JP), filed on May 24, 2022; and application No. 2023-008954 (JP), filed on Jan. 24, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0388641 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/695 (2023.01) [H04N 23/611 (2023.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capture control device configured to control an image capture direction of an image capture device for capturing an image of a subject, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to act as:
estimation unit configured to estimate an orientation of the subject detected in an image captured by the image capture device;
region control unit configured to set a first region in an image capture range of the image capture device based on whether or not the estimated orientation of the subject is a predetermined orientation;
image capture control unit configured to control the image capture direction based on whether or not the subject is in the first region;
acceleration control unit configured to control acceleration when changing the image capture direction based on whether or not the orientation of the subject is the predetermined orientation; and
wherein if an amount of time for which the orientation of the subject continues to be the predetermined orientation is less than or equal to a threshold, the region control unit performs control for reducing the size of the first region, and
if the amount of time is less than or equal to the threshold, the acceleration control unit performs control for increasing the acceleration when changing the image capture direction.