Control device, imaging apparatus, control method, and control program
A control device controls an imaging apparatus and includes a processor, and the processor is configured to: based on image data of a first frame and image data of a second frame among a plurality of frames obtained by the imaging apparatus, predict distance information related to a distance between the imaging apparatus and a subject in a third frame subsequent to the first frame and the second frame; and based on a state of the subject, set a settable range that is a range of a focus position of imaging of the imaging apparatus settable for the third frame.
1. A control device that controls an imaging apparatus, the control device comprising:
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
based on image data of a first frame and image data of a second frame among a plurality of frames obtained by the imaging apparatus, predict distance information related to a distance between the imaging apparatus and a subject in a third frame subsequent to the first frame and the second frame;
based on image data of the plurality of frames, acquire movement distance information that is a ratio of a depth of field and an amount of change, in the distance between the imaging apparatus and the subject, between frames; and
based on the movement distance information in the plurality of frames, set a settable range that is a range of a focus position of imaging of the imaging apparatus settable for the third frame.
2. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is configured to:
set the focus position in the third frame based on the predicted distance information in the third frame and the set settable range.
3. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is configured to:
set the settable range for the third frame based on a difference in the movement distance information among the plurality of frames.
4. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is configured to:
expand the settable range in a case where the movement distance information in the plurality of frames is increased.
5. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is configured to:
maintain or reduce the settable range in a case where the movement distance information in the plurality of frames is decreased.
6. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is configured to:
maintain or reduce the settable range in a case where a difference in the movement distance information among the plurality of frames is within a predetermined range.
7. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is configured to:
maintain or reduce the settable range in a case where a direction of change in the distance information among the plurality of frames is switched to an opposite direction.
8. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is configured to:
expand the settable range in a case where the distance information in the plurality of frames is within a predetermined range after change by a predetermined value or more.
9. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is configured to:
acquire a plurality of pieces of the distance information corresponding to a plurality of areas of an image represented by the image data and predict the distance information of the third frame based on the plurality of pieces of distance information of the first frame and the plurality of pieces of distance information of the second frame.
10. The control device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the processor is configured to:
predict the distance information of the third frame based on a comparison between the distance information of a first area near a center among the plurality of areas and the distance information of a second area around the first area among the plurality of areas.
11. An imaging apparatus comprising:
the control device according to claim 1 .
12. A control method by a control device that includes a processor and controls an imaging apparatus, the control method comprising:
predicting, by the processor, based on image data of a first frame and image data of a second frame among a plurality of frames obtained by the imaging apparatus, distance information related to a distance between the imaging apparatus and a subject in a third frame subsequent to the first frame and the second frame;
acquiring, by the processor, based on image data of the plurality of frames, movement distance information that is a ratio of a depth of field and an amount of change, in the distance between the imaging apparatus and the subject, between frames; and
setting, by the processor, a settable range that is a range of a focus position of imaging of the imaging apparatus settable for the third frame based on the movement distance information in the plurality of frames.
13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a control program of a control device that includes a processor and controls an imaging apparatus, the control program causing the processor to execute a process comprising:
predicting, based on image data of a first frame and image data of a second frame among a plurality of frames obtained by the imaging apparatus, distance information related to a distance between the imaging apparatus and a subject in a third frame subsequent to the first frame and the second frame;
acquiring, based on image data of the plurality of frames, movement distance information that is a ratio of a depth of field and an amount of change, in the distance between the imaging apparatus and the subject, between frames; and
setting, based on the movement distance information in the plurality of frames, a settable range that is a range of a focus position of imaging of the imaging apparatus settable for the third frame.