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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:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Ryo Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus includes a control unit configured to control an imaging range of an imaging unit to track a tracking target, and a setting unit configured to set a search area based on a range set by a user, a user operation for controlling the imaging range, or a past position of the tracking target, wherein the control unit controls the imaging range to search for the tracking target in the search area in a case where tracking of the tracking target has failed.