US 12,356,082 B2
Imaging system, control method, and storage medium
Hironori Kaida, Kanagawa (JP); and Naoko Watazawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/164,036.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-022342 (JP), filed on Feb. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269488 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/741 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/741 (2023.01) [H04N 23/681 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging system comprising an imaging apparatus and a sensor device,
the imaging apparatus comprising at least one processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed, configure the at least one processor of the imaging apparatus to function as:
an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object;
an object motion detection unit configured to detect motion of the object using the captured image;
a reception unit configured to receive a sensing result associated with the motion of the object; and
an exposure control unit configured to control exposure of the image capturing unit,
the sensor device being an apparatus different from the imaging apparatus and attached to the object to be captured and comprising at least one processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed, configure the at least one processor of the sensor device to function as:
a sensor unit configured to acquire motion information regarding the object; and
a transmission unit configured to transmit a sensing result of the sensor unit to the imaging apparatus,
wherein the imaging apparatus receives, from the transmission unit of the sensor device, the sensing result of the sensor unit and controls the exposure of the image capturing unit using the sensing result from the sensor device and the detected motion of the object captured by the imaging apparatus;
wherein the object motion detection unit calculates a motion vector of the object using the image captured by the image capturing unit;
wherein the exposure control unit controls the exposure of the imaging apparatus using the motion vector;
wherein the object motion detection unit selects the motion vector using the sensing result of the sensor unit, and
wherein the exposure control unit controls the exposure of the imaging apparatus using the selected motion vector.