US 12,457,414 B2
Lens control device, lens system, and program for controlling a lens to image a subject based on a distance between the lens and subject
Tomoharu Saito, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to TAMRON CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Filed by Tamron Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/387,253.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-193769 (JP), filed on Dec. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0187728 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/66 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/66 (2023.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lens control device for controlling a lens in order to image a subject, the lens control device comprising:
at least one processor configured to perform a calculation process of calculating a distance between the lens or a camera, to which the lens is attached, and the subject on a basis of a position of the lens or the camera and a position of the subject and a remote control process of remotely controlling the lens on a basis of the distance,
wherein the at least one processor performs a first specification process of specifying the position of the lens or the camera and then repeatedly performs a second specification process of specifying the position of the subject, the calculation process, and the remote control process, the calculation process and the remote control process being performed with reference to the position of the lens or the camera specified in the first specification process and the position of the subject specified in the second specification process.