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Granted Patent B2
US 11,397,874 · App. 17/118,923 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Image capturing apparatus, generating apparatus, control method, and storage medium

Inventor: Eiji Yoshino (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G06K9/6256H04N5/2256H04N5/2351H04N5/2354H04N5/23216
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Patent No.
US 11,397,874
App. No.
17/118,923
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an image capturing apparatus. A live view shooting unit iteratively captures live view images in accordance with a shooting parameter for live view shooting. A main shooting unit performs main shooting in accordance with a shooting parameter for main shooting. A training unit performs, after the main shooting has been performed, training of a training model that outputs a shooting parameter in accordance with an input image, based on the shooting parameter for the main shooting and a first live view image captured by the live view shooting unit.

Claims (15)

1. A determining apparatus comprising at least one processor and/or at least one circuit which functions as:

a live view acquisition unit configured to acquire live view images sequentially generated by iteratively capturing in accordance with a shooting parameter for live view shooting;

a main image acquisition unit configured to acquire a main image by performing main shooting in accordance with a shooting parameter for main shooting;

a determination unit configured to determine a second shooting parameter for second main shooting based on a second live view image acquired by the live view acquisition unit before the second main shooting through an estimation process caused by inputting the second live view image acquired by the live view acquisition unit before the second main shooting to a trained model; and

a setting unit configured to set the shooting parameter determined by the determination unit as a shooting parameter for the main shooting,

wherein the trained model is a model generated through a supervised training process which uses the first shooting parameter for the first main shooting as correct answer data and a first live view image acquired by the live view acquisition unit before the first main shooting is performed as input data.

2. The determining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor and/or the at least one circuit further functions as a generation unit configured to generate the trained model through the supervised training process.

3. A shooting parameter determination system comprising at least one processor and/or at least one circuit which functions as:

a live view acquisition unit configured to acquire live view images sequentially generated by iteratively capturing in accordance with a shooting parameter for live view shooting before a second main shooting is performed; and

a determination unit configured to determine a second shooting parameter based on a second live view image acquired by the live view acquisition unit before the second main shooting is performed through an estimation process caused by inputting the second live view image acquired by the live view acquisition unit before the second main shooting to a trained model;

wherein the trained model is a model generated through a supervised training process which uses the first shooting parameter for the first main shooting as correct answer data and a first live view image acquired by the live view acquisition unit before the first main shooting is performed as input data.

4. A control method executed by a shooting parameter determination system, comprising:

acquiring live view images sequentially generated by iteratively capturing in accordance with a shooting parameter for live view shooting before a second main shooting is performed; and

determining a second shooting parameter based on a second live view image acquired before the second main shooting is performed through an estimation process caused by inputting the second live view image acquired by the live view acquisition unit before the second main shooting to a trained model;

wherein the trained model is a model generated through a supervised training process which uses the first shooting parameter for the first main shooting as correct answer data and a first live view image acquired before the first main shooting is performed as input data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2021
From: YOSHINO, EIJI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055861/0836 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-226802 · Dec 16, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210182610A1 · Jun 17, 2021
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