US 12,425,733 B2
Imaging control apparatus, image pickup apparatus, imaging control method, and storage medium
Fumihiko Kato, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/458,850.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-137841 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0073525 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/685 (2023.01) [H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging control apparatus comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
acquire a streaming status of image data generated by an image pickup apparatus;
detect an object from the image data;
control an imaging direction of the image pickup apparatus according to the detected position of the object by changing a parameter for controlling the imaging direction according to the streaming status; and
wherein the processor is configured to set a dead area in which the imaging direction is not controlled relative to movement of the object, and
wherein the parameter is a size of the dead area.