US 12,452,527 B2
Image capture apparatus and control method
Shimpei Kitai, Chiba (JP); and Toshimichi Ise, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/486,078.
Application 18/486,078 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/014364, filed on Mar. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-068530 (JP), filed on Apr. 14, 2021; and application No. 2022-009526 (JP), filed on Jan. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0040237 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/633 (2023.01) [H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)] 14 Claims
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1. An image capture apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor of the image capture apparatus to:
capture an image of a subject;
perform control to display the image of the subject on a screen;
obtain first information regarding an image-capturing position and an image-capturing direction of a second image capture apparatus;
receive an image captured by the second image capture apparatus;
determine whether or not the second image capture apparatus is capable of capturing an image of a range including the subject; and
accepting a predetermined operation,
wherein, when the second image capture apparatus is capable of capturing an image of the range including the subject, a control is performed to display, on the image of the subject, an index indicating the image-capturing direction at a location corresponding to the image-capturing position of the image in an area at a periphery of the image of the subject in response to the predetermined operation being accepted, based on the first information, and
wherein the determination is performed by executing pattern matching processing or subject recognition processing on the image of the subject and the received image, and the second image capture apparatus is capable of capturing an image of the range including the subject if the subject matches a subject included in the received image.