IP Library Granted Patent US 11,750,913
Granted Patent B2
US 11,750,913 · App. 17/511,782 · Granted Sep 5, 2023

Control apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Inventor: Kenshiro Mizuma (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N23/617H04N23/62H04N23/661H04N23/695
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Patent No.
US 11,750,913
App. No.
17/511,782
Granted
Sep 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control apparatus comprises a determination unit configured to, in a case where a user operation for removing an image capturing apparatus being a control target from the control target is performed, determine whether or not the image capturing apparatus is executing a specific function, and a control unit configured to, in a case where the determination unit determines that the image capturing apparatus is executing the specific function, cause the image capturing apparatus to stop the specific function.

Claims (15)

1. A control apparatus comprising a computer executing instructions which, when executed by the computer, cause the control apparatus to:

transmit, to an image capturing apparatus set as a control target of the control apparatus, a first control command to cause the image capturing apparatus set as the control target to perform a specific function;

transmit to the image capturing apparatus set as the control target, in a case where (a) an operation for removing the image capturing apparatus set as the control target from the control target is performed by a user instruction and (b) the image capturing apparatus set as the control target is performing the specific function, a second control command to cause the image capturing apparatus set as the control target to stop the specific function.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions cause the control apparatus to determine whether the image capturing apparatus set as the control target is performing the specific function.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specific function is a function in a start/stop control in which a control start command and a control stop command are used in a set.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specific function is a function of controlling a pan of the image capturing apparatus.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specific function is a function of controlling a tilt of the image capturing apparatus.

6. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specific function is a function of changing an area to be cut out from a captured image.

7. A control method that a control apparatus performs, the method comprising:

transmitting, to an image capturing apparatus set as a control target of the control apparatus, a first control command to cause the image capturing apparatus set as the control target to perform a specific function;

transmitting to the image capturing apparatus set as the control target, in a case where (a) an operation for removing the image capturing apparatus set as the control target from the control target is performed by a user instruction and (b) the image capturing apparatus set as the control target is performing the specific function, a second control command to cause the image capturing apparatus set as the control target to stop the specific function.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that cause a computer to perform a method comprising:

transmitting, to an image capturing apparatus set as a control target of the control apparatus, a first control command to cause the image capturing apparatus set as the control target to perform a specific function;

transmitting to the image capturing apparatus set as the control target, in a case where (a) an operation for removing the image capturing apparatus set as the control target from the control target is performed by a user instruction and (b) the image capturing apparatus set as the control target is performing the specific function, a second control command to cause the image capturing apparatus set as the control target to stop the specific function.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MIZUMA, KENSHIRO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058276/0353 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-189787 · Nov 13, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220159179A1 · May 19, 2022
Cited By (1)
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