Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsuo Niida

Shinji Ohnishi

Shinichi Hatae

Takashi Kobayashi

Naoya Kaneda

Akiyoshi Hamanaka

Masahide Hirasawa

Kitahiro Kaneda

Kunihiko Yamada

Tetsuya Shimizu

Akio Fujii

Takayuki Kikuchi

Yoshiki Ishii

Makoto Shimokoriyama

Takahiro Iwasaki

Jun Sugita

Shingo Ikeda

Taizou Hori

Yukinori Yamamoto

Toru Nakanishi

Hiroyuki Fukuoka

Hajime Oshima

An imaging apparatus includes a control unit to perform insertion/retraction of an infrared cut filter into and from an optical path of an imaging optical system; a reception unit to receive a third command to cause the control unit to automatically control insertion/retraction of the infrared cut filter; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the third command includes additional information based on the output of the reception unit; wherein, in the event that the determining unit has determined that the third command includes additional information, the control unit controls insertion/retraction of the infrared cut filter based on the additional information, and in the event that the determining unit has determined that the third command does not include additional information, the control unit controls insertion/retraction of the infrared cut filter based on control information which the control unit has beforehand.

Imaging apparatus, client device, imaging system, control method of imaging apparatus, control method of client device, and control method of imaging system

In a method of setting an OSD function according to a related technique, it is not allowed to select various superimposing techniques. In a case where a monitoring camera supports a plurality of superimposing techniques, a user is supposed to select one of the superimposing techniques via a troublesome operation. In view of the above, an image pickup apparatus is provided which includes a reception unit configured to receive an acquisition request for information associated with an image superimposing method of the image pickup apparatus, and a transmission unit configured to, in a case where the acquisition request for the information associated with the image superimposing method of the image pickup apparatus is received by the reception unit, transmit information associated with the image superimposing method of the image pickup apparatus.

Image pickup system, image pickup apparatus, and method of controlling the same

A determination as to whether or not a random operation is able to be performed for a preset tour of a surveillance camera may be easily made, and user's operability may be improved. A client device transmits a command for making an inquiry about the capability of the surveillance camera for a random operation regarding a preset tour. The surveillance camera receives the command, and transmits capability information of the random operation to the client device. The client device analyzes the received information, and changes the GUI display of the client device.

External device control method, imaging device control method, imaging system control method, external device, imaging device, and imaging system

A method for operating an imaging apparatus includes transmitting and shooting. The imaging apparatus can perform normal shooting or infrared shooting based on adjustment information received from a client device via a network. Information, transmitted to the client, indicates whether adjustment information for performing switching from the normal shooting to the infrared shooting and adjustment information for performing switching from the infrared shooting to the normal shooting can be individually set. A subject's image is shot by performing switching between the normal shooting and the infrared shooting based on the adjustment information received from the client device.

An imaging device that can be connected to a client device through a network includes an imaging optical system, an imaging element, an IRCF driving circuitconfigured to insert/remove an IRCFto/from an optical path of the imaging optical system, and a communication circuitconfigured to receive an automatic insertion/removal control instruction for causing the imaging device to automatically control insertion/removal of the IRCFand additional information relating to insertion/removal of the IRCFfrom the client device and configured to transmit operation information indicative of whether the imaging device uses the additional information received by the communication circuitin a case in which the IRCFis inserted to the optical path, in a case in which the IRCFis removed from the optical path, or in both the cases of insertion and removal.

Imaging device, client device, imaging system, control method of imaging device, control method of client device, and control method of imaging system

An imaging apparatus receives a command including a first coordinate value and a second coordinate value, from a client apparatus. A determination unit determines whether or not a target region exists at or near a boundary of an imaging range corresponding to the first coordinate value and the second coordinate value. In a case in which the determination unit determines that the target region exists at the boundary of the imaging range, a control unit adjusts an imaging range to include the target region. In a case in which the determination unit determines that the target region does not exist at the boundary of the imaging range, the control unit sets an imaging range to be captured, to the imaging range corresponding to the first coordinate value and the second coordinate value.

Imaging apparatus capable of adjusting imaging range to include target region, control method of imaging apparatus, and storage medium storing program therefor

An image capture apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus via a network has a change unit configured to change an image capture position of image capturing means for capturing an image of an object. In response to a request received from an external apparatus, the image capture apparatus generates a response including a first field in which the operation state of the change unit is described, and sends the generated response to the external apparatus. Here, if the change unit is in initialization, the image capture apparatus generates a response that specifies that the change unit is in initialization using a combination of descriptions in multiple fields, including the first field.

Image capture apparatus, information processing apparatus, image capture system, control methods for the same, and program

The present invention can determine whether to enable or disable a restriction function of viewing an image to be transmitted, for each video stream. There is provided a transmission apparatus configured to transmit a video stream including an image of a part of or a whole of a captured image to a plurality of destinations, and performs a first setting about whether to ON or OFF a viewing restriction function of a first video stream. Further, the transmission apparatus performs a second setting, independently from the first setting, for setting ON or OFF the viewing restriction function for a second video stream different from the first video stream.

Transmission apparatus, instruction apparatus, transmission method, instruction method, and storage medium

An imaging apparatus connectable to a client apparatus via a network includes an imaging optical system, an image sensor, an infrared cut filter (IRCF) driving circuit that inserts and retracts an IRCF into and from an optical path of the imaging optical system, and a communication circuit that receives, from the client apparatus, an automatic insertion and retraction control command for causing the imaging apparatus to automatically control insertion and retraction of the IRCF and additional information about insertion and retraction of the IRCF. The communication circuit transmits, to the client apparatus, operation information indicating which of cases the imaging apparatus uses the additional information received by the communication circuit. The cases include a case where the IRCF is inserted into the optical path, a case where the IRCF is retracted from the optical path, and both the cases where the IRCF is inserted and where the IRCF is retracted.

Imaging apparatus, client apparatus, imaging system, method for controlling imaging apparatus, method for controlling client apparatus, and method for controlling imaging system for controlling sensitivity using the insertion and retraction of an infrared cut filter into and from an optical path

It is an object to allow a shooting direction to be changed in a direction intended by a user. An apparatus includes: an acceptance unit configured to accept one of a first instruction to rotate a captured image by a predetermined angle and a second instruction to rotate a coordinate system by the predetermined angle, and to refuse the other of the first and second instructions; a processing unit configured to perform a first processing to rotate the captured image by the predetermined angle and to perform a second processing to rotate the coordinate system stored in a storage unit by the predetermined angle, in response to accepting the one of the first and second instructions; and a control unit configured to perform control of changing the shooting direction of a capturing unit.

Capturing control apparatus, capturing control method and program

An imaging apparatus is connected to a client device and has an infrared cut filter to cut infrared light, a toggling unit to toggle an infrared cut filter state between on and off, and reception, control, and transmission units. The reception unit receives automatic adjustment information relating to the state, along with an imaging setting command for the imaging apparatus to automatically control the state. The control unit automatically controls the toggling unit based on the imaging setting command. The transmission unit transmits setting information relating to the automatic adjustment information to the client device. The setting information transmitted by the transmission unit indicates whether automatic adjustment information used by the control unit can be set in each of a case where the state is turned on to enable the infrared cut filter or a case where the state is turned off to disable the infrared cut filter.

A video processing apparatus includes a conversion unit and a transmission unit, and an external device includes a reception unit and a restoration unit. The conversion unit converts one or a plurality of elementary streams complying with ISO/IEC 14496-1:1999 into one data stream. The data stream includes a plurality of multiplexed packets, each multiplexed packet including both a Synchronization Layer (SL) packet and an elementary stream identifier of the SL packet. The transmission unit transmits the data stream to the external device using an isochronous or bulk transfer. The reception unit receives, from the external device, the data stream that is transmitted using the isochronous or bulk transfer. The restoration unit restores the data stream to one or a plurality of elementary streams complying with ISO/IEC 14496-1:1999.

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Mitsuo Niida