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Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2019
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Akihiro Tsubusaki, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G01S 3/00 (2006.01); G01S 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); G01S 3/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/23258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01); H04N 5/232123 (2018.08); G01S 11/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A zooming control apparatus comprises an object detection unit configured to detect an object from an image; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding a distance to the object; and a zooming control unit configured to perform zooming control for automatically changing a zoom magnification according to at least one of second information that includes information regarding a size of the object detected by the object detection unit and first information regarding the distance to the object acquired by the first acquisition unit, wherein a condition for automatically changing the zoom magnification in the zooming control differs according to a reliability of the first information.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Tsubusaki, Akihiro. (2020). Zooming control apparatus, image capturing apparatus and control methods thereof (U.S. Patent No. 10848680). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10848680

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