US 12,439,147 B2
Control apparatus, image pickup apparatus, control method, and storage medium
Takumi Tsuchiya, Kanagawa (JP); Kazunori Takayama, Tokyo (JP); and Yuji Omori, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/317,961.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-085504 (JP), filed on May 25, 2022; and application No. 2022-160816 (JP), filed on Oct. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0388625 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/60 (2023.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 23/58 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/64 (2023.01) [G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 23/58 (2023.01); H04N 23/631 (2023.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor,
wherein the memory has instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, configure the processor to operate as a plurality of units comprising:
(1) an acquiring unit configured to acquire (a) information about three-dimensional space obtained using a distance measuring unit and (b) information about a three-dimensional figure specified by a user;
(2) a determining unit configured to determine a search area based on (a) the information about the three-dimensional space and (b) the information about the three-dimensional figure; and
(3) a control unit configured to automatically control an angle of view so that a main object in the search area is included in an imaging angle of view,
wherein the information about the three-dimensional figure includes (1) information about a first three-dimensional figure and (2) information about a second three-dimensional figure,
wherein the determining unit determines the search area based on (1) the information about the three-dimensional space and (2) the information about the first three-dimensional figure, and
wherein the control unit controls the angle of view so that the main object and the second three-dimensional figure in the search area are included in the imaging angle of view.