Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hitachi, Ltd.

Ryo Kawasaki

Natsuko Sato

Shunsuke Chino

Naoki Maruyama

Hiroaki Kimura

Seiya Ohta

Masaki Kamba

Minoru Suyama

Nobuaki Uchitomi

An imaging apparatus includes at least one processor, and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to acquire a parameter related to a brightness of a subject; determine whether to insert a first filter configured to attenuate infrared light into a light path of an imaging optical system, based on whether the acquired parameter satisfies a predetermined condition; and correct the predetermined condition based on whether a second filter different from the first filter and configured to attenuate light is inserted into the light path of the imaging optical system.

Imaging apparatus, method, and medium

An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor that captures an image of an object formed by an imaging optical system, at least one processor, and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to execute noise reduction processing on a first image captured by the image sensor based on a plurality of second images, acquire an evaluation value indicating contrast of the first image on which the noise reduction processing has been executed, and control movement of a focus position of the imaging optical system based on the evaluation value. The movement is controlled so that the movement is stopped for a time period having a length corresponding to an intensity of the noise reduction processing in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Imaging apparatus having controlled movement of focus position, control method for imaging apparatus, and storage medium

An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image capturing unit including an imaging optical system and an image sensor; a rotation driving unit configured to drive the image capturing unit in a pan direction and/or tilt direction; a shift driving unit configured to drive at least one of the imaging optical system and the image sensor within a plane parallel to an imaging plane; and a synchronous control unit configured to synchronize a rotation driving of the image capturing unit and a shift driving of at least one of the imaging optical system and the image sensor so as not to change an imaging range of the image capturing unit during performing a correction on distortion of an object in a captured image captured by the image capturing unit.

Image capturing apparatus, controlling method, and medium

An image pickup apparatus includes a tilt driving unit configured to change a tilt so as to change an angle between an image pickup plane of an image sensor and a principal plane of an image pickup optical system, a focus driving unit configured to drive a focus lens, and at least one processor that functions as an area setting unit configured to set a plurality of areas in a captured image, a defocus information detection unit configured to detect defocus information for each of the plurality of areas, and a control unit configured to select one control mode from a plurality of control modes based on the defocus information on each of the plurality of areas, the plurality of control modes being used for performing focusing control using at least one of the tilt driving unit and the focus driving unit.

Image pickup apparatus including tilt driving portion, control method, and memory medium

An imaging device includes a focus driving unit for driving a focus lens; a tilting driving unit for tilting at least one of an image sensor and an imaging optical system; a detection unit for detecting a subject in an image; a setting unit for setting a plurality of focus regions in the image based on positional information of the subject detected in the image; a determination unit for determining respective driving amounts for the focus driving unit and for the tilting driving unit based on the positional information and focal information of the plurality of focus regions so that the plurality of focus regions is in focus; and a control unit for controlling the focus driving unit and the tilting driving unit based on the determined respective driving amounts.

Imaging device, storage medium, and method of controlling imaging device

In order to provide a tilt control device capable of performing tilt control optimal at a high speed by controlling both a focus position and a tilt angle even when a scene changes such as in a case in which a subject changes, there is provided an imaging apparatus including a tilt control unit that performs tilt control by driving at least one of an imaging device and an imaging optical system, a focus lens driving unit that drives a focus lens, and a control unit that has a plurality of control modes for performing focus correction using at least one of the tilt control unit and the focus lens driving unit and selects one of the plurality of control modes in accordance with the number of subject areas displayed on an image screen.

Imaging apparatus, imaging control method, and storage medium

An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture an optical image formed by an image pickup optical system, and a controlling unit configured to, in tilt imaging that changes a tilt angle, set a focal plane to any position such that an angle between the focal plane and the optical axis is changed, by controlling at least one of a position of a focus lens in the image pickup optical system and the tilt angle. The controlling unit controls the at least one so as not to set the focal plane to a first position corresponding to a position of a first target object that is an imaging target, but to set the focal plane to a second position that is different from the first position and at which the position of the first target object is included in a depth of field.

Image pickup apparatus and controlling method thereof

An image pickup apparatus includes an object detecting unit detecting at least one object in an image, a focus detecting unit that provides a focus detection of the object, a determination unit that determines the tilt angle and the focus position based on a focus detecting result by the focus detecting unit, and a control unit that controls the tilt driving unit and the focus driving unit based on the determined tilt angle and focus position. The control unit selects an object from among a plurality of objects, which is to be used to determine the tilt angle and the focus position, based on at least one of a detected size and a detected position of the object, and accuracy of the focus detecting result. The determination unit determines the tilt angle and the focus position based on a focus detecting result of a selected object.

Image pickup apparatus, control method, and storage medium

A control apparatus includes a tilt driving unit configured to perform tilt driving, a focus driving unit, a control unit configured to control the focus driving unit and the tilt driving unit for focusing on at least a first area and a second area in a plurality of areas in an image, and a first determination unit configured to determine a control method of the control unit based on whether or not a difference between a position of at least one of the first area and the second area and a position corresponding to a tilt axis in the image is smaller than a predetermined threshold.

Control apparatus, image pickup apparatus, control method, and storage medium

A control apparatus includes a tilt driving unit configured to tilt at least one of an image sensor and an imaging optical system relative to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, a focus driving unit configured to perform focus driving by moving a focus lens that constitutes at least part of the imaging optical system in an optical axis direction, and a controlling unit configured to control the focus driving unit and the tilt driving unit so as to adjust a focal plane to a predetermined surface. The controlling unit moves the focal plane in a vertical direction to the focal plane while maintaining the focal plane substantially parallel to the predetermined plane.

Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium for providing tilt control

There is provided with an information processing apparatus. A control unit performs tilt control for tilting an image capturing element with respect to a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of an image capturing optical system about a rotation axis, and perform focus control for moving a focus lens in a direction of the optical axis. A setting unit sets a target region in a captured image obtained by an image capturing unit. A determining unit determines, based on a position corresponding to a position of the rotation axis in the image and a position of the target region in the image, a correction amount of a position of the focus lens, wherein the focus lens is moved based on the correction amount.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

An image pickup apparatus that is capable of preventing hunching certainly at low cost and of switching between the day mode and the night mode at an optimal timing. An image sensor outputs an image signal depending on an optical image formed through an image pickup optical system. A mode setting unit sets a photographing mode for photographing using the image sensor from among a day mode and a night mode in which sensitivity for a wavelength range corresponding to infrared light is higher than that in the day mode. An obtaining unit obtains ratio information about the ratios of the infrared light and visible light based on the image signal in the night mode. A condition setting unit sets a determination condition that is used for switching the photographing mode to the day mode from the night mode based on the ratio information.

Image pickup apparatus having auto day-night function, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

A control apparatus includes a controlling unit configured to control tilt driving for tilting at least one of an image sensor and an imaging optical system relative to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis and focus driving for moving a focus lens in an optical axis direction, an acquiring unit configured to acquire focus levels in a first area and a second area in an image captured by an image pickup apparatus, a first determining unit configured to determine whether to perform the tilt driving or the focus driving, based on an in-focus level, and a second determining unit configured to determine a driving direction of the tilt driving or the focus driving based on the in-focus level.

Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium

A control apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a contrast evaluation value for each of a plurality of areas in an image, and a controlling unit configured to detect an in-focus position of a focus lens for each of the plurality of areas based on the contrast evaluation value. The controlling unit determines whether or not the focus lens approaches the in-focus position of each of the plurality of areas based on the contrast evaluation value. The controlling unit determines a driving direction of the focus lens based on a result of a determination. When detecting the in-focus position of one area of the plurality of areas, the controlling unit determines the driving direction of the focus lens based on the contrast evaluation value of another area of the plurality of areas other than the one area.

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Ryo Kawasaki