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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takahiro Iwasaki, Kiyose, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2621 (2013.01); G08B 13/19686 (2013.01); H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a designation of an image pickup direction of an image pickup unit in relation to superimposition of a mask image on an picked-up image; and a setting unit configured to set, when the receiving unit receives the designation of the image pickup direction, a position of superimposition of the mask image in an image pickup range where the image pickup unit can pick up images, on the basis of the designated image pickup direction.