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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Sosuke Kagaya, Tokyo, JP;
Nobushige Wakamatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shooting control apparatus obtains image data from an imaging unit that obtains the image data based on light from an imaging optical system, and detects an object from the image data. The apparatus controls rotational driving of the imaging unit and a zoom mechanism included in the imaging optical system based on a result of detection of the object by determining a target zoom position and a shooting direction of the imaging unit. The apparatus determines the target zoom position and the shooting direction so that the object falls within a partial region of a field of view of the imaging unit including a center of the field of view, based on a size and position of the object.