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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Mizuki Morinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/20 (2011.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/20 (2013.01); H04N 23/675 (2023.01); G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus of controlling imaging of an object includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to acquire information about three-dimensional space as an imaging target, dispose a virtual figure in the three-dimensional space, designate a search area to search the three-dimensional space for the object based on the virtual figure, and perform at least one of focus control and continuous imaging control for the object existing within the search area.