Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hidetaka Uemura

Tomohiro Ota

Koichi Okada

Michinori Nakajima

Masaaki Kano

Satoshi Ishimaru

Soushi Takita

Makoto Yokozeki

Toshio Minoshima

Tomohiro Hirama

Koichi Kumagai

An image capturing apparatus performs generating metadata related to capturing by an image capture element for each video frame of the video, and outputting a video frame to which the generated metadata has been added, wherein the generated metadata includes information indicating a delay amount based on a difference between a video frame that the generated metadata corresponds to and a video frame that is outputted after the generated metadata is added thereto in the outputting.

Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus, methods for controlling these and storage medium

The image processing apparatus generates recording image data by image capturing through an image capturing optical system, and adds information to the recording image data. When the image capturing optical system is an anamorphic optical system, the apparatus adds, to the recording image data, information on a compression rate of the anamorphic optical system, and information indicating a center position of the anamorphic optical system in each of frame images constituting the recording image data.

Image processing apparatus and image capturing apparatus

An imaging apparatus is able to perform limit control of limiting a drive range of a focus lens and performing control of the focus lens. When first information regarding an end position of the drive range of the focus lens in the limit control is set, a body control unit drives the focus lens from a position set as one end position of the drive range of the focus lens in the limit control on a near side and a far side to one end position of the movable range of the focus lens on a near side and a far side, and then stores information corresponding to a drive amount during the drive as the first information.

Lens control device, lens control method, and recording medium

An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied, and a control unit configured to acquire foreign substance information from an image obtained by causing the image sensor to perform image capture, wherein if the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the control unit acquires the foreign substance information from the image, and if the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the control unit does not acquire the foreign substance information from the image, and the predetermined condition includes at least one of the following: that a mounted lens unit is a lens unit with a narrow image circle, and that a mode in which only a partial region of the image sensor is recorded has been set.

Image capturing apparatus, control method for the same, and storage medium

An image stabilization apparatus comprises a calculation unit configured to, based on a detection result of shake detection unit for detecting a shake of an image capturing apparatus, calculates an image blur correction amount for correcting an image blur by changing a relative position of a subject image and the image capturing element, wherein the calculation unit, based on information of an imaging lens that is used when capturing a captured image, calculates the image blur correction amount at a different scaling factor for each of a plurality of axes of a two-dimensional plane of the captured image.

Image stabilization apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium

An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture a subject image, a movement device capable of moving a relative position of the image sensor and an image circle of a mounted lens; and a control unit configured to acquire foreign substance information, which is information on a foreign substance sticking to at least one of the image sensor and an optical element in front of the image sensor, from a plurality of images obtained by causing the image sensor to perform a plurality of instances of image capture while moving the relative position of the image sensor and the image circle using the movement device.

An information processing apparatus evaluates the image quality of a viewpoint image in an image capture system that generates a viewpoint image of an arbitrary viewpoint by compositing captured images captured at a plurality of different viewpoints. The apparatus obtains information on the state of installation of a plurality of image capturing apparatuses that output captured images to be used to generate one viewpoint image, and obtains evaluation values of the captured images based on the information on the state of installation. Then, the image quality of the viewpoint image is determined based on the obtained evaluation values of the captured images.

Information processing apparatus, image capture system, control method and storage medium

Included are a display control unit configured to display a live view image being imaged by an imaging unit, and to display a display item indicating a degree of in-focus, superimposed on the live view image; an acquiring unit configured to acquire information relating to a degree of in-focus in a focus detecting region; and a changing unit configured to change display positions and display forms of a first indicator and second indicator that indicate a degree of in-focus by a positional display relationship with each other, and a third indicator that indicates a focus position, based on information acquired by the acquiring unit, the first indicator and the second indicator and the third indicator are included in the display item.

Display control apparatus and control method of the same

An object is to provide an imaging apparatus which can output image data whose aspect ratio or the like has not been changed, and can perform processing for setting parameters for imaging control, on the basis of image data whose aspect ratio or the like has been changed. This imaging apparatus is provided with a transformation unit that transforms image data based on an output signal of an imaging element, a processing unit that performs processing for obtaining a value to be used for a parameter for imaging control, on the basis of the image data transformed by the transformation unit, and an output unit that can output the image data based on the output signal of the imaging element to an output destination.

Imaging apparatus, control method thereof and program

A digital video camera comprising a memory that temporarily stores a video image including any number of frames is provided. The digital video camera outputs a video image of a first frame to a first signal path and outputs a video image of a second frame that is a frame earlier than the first frame in the memory to a second signal path. The digital video camera calculates a first correction amount used for correcting an image shake relating to the video image of the second frame based on the video image of the first frame output to the first signal path. Subsequently, the digital video camera corrects the image shake relating to the video image of the second frame by cutting out a predetermined region from the video image of the second frame based on the first correction amount.

Image processing apparatus capable of performing image shake correction, image pickup apparatus, and control method

An image pickup element performs photoelectric conversion on an optical image formed by an interchangeable lens. A ranging unit measures a distance to each object from signals for detecting a phase difference from the image pickup element. A body microcomputer calculates a de-focusing amount of each object, generates a focus guide for each object with a size or a (detailed or simple) content according to the de-focusing amount, and displays the focus guide on a display unit in a superimposed manner on an image captured by the image pickup element. A user adjusts the focus of the interchangeable lens using a focus ring by referring to the screen of the display unit.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Hidetaka Uemura