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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Nobushige Wakamatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/32 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/3241 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/23264 (2013.01); H04N 5/23299 (2018.08); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20104 (2013.01);
Abstract
A search apparatus includes a division unit configured to perform division into areas for respective angle regions in space coordinates with an imaging apparatus set as an origin thereof, a calculation unit configured to calculate an importance level of a subject for each of the areas obtained by division, and a changing unit configured to change a center position of a field angle of a captured image in which to search for a subject based on the importance level of a subject calculated for each of the areas.