US Patent Application 18302251. CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF simplified abstract
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CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
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Inventor(s)
Kyoko Kobayashi of Kanagawa (JP)
CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18302251 Titled 'CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a control apparatus that is used to control the tracking shooting function of an image capturing apparatus. The control apparatus detects a subject in the captured image and tracks its movement by adjusting the capturing direction of the image capturing apparatus. However, if the subject is lost during tracking, the control apparatus performs certain processing. If the control apparatus can determine the direction in which the subject was moving before it was lost with a certain level of reliability, it uses this information to determine the capturing direction after the subject is lost.
Original Abstract Submitted
A control apparatus controls tracking shooting performed by an image capturing apparatus. The control apparatus detects a subject in an image obtained by the image capturing apparatus; tracks the subject by controlling a capturing direction of the image capturing apparatus based on the detected position of the subject; and performs predetermined processing when a lost state in which a subject is unable to be detected during tracking of the subject occurs. If it is possible to derive the direction of movement of a subject immediately before occurrence of the lost state, with the predetermined degree of reliability or higher, the control apparatus performs processing for determining the capturing direction of the image capturing apparatus after occurrence of the lost state based on the direction of movement.
