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US 11,736,820 · App. 17/832,367 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Image capture apparatus and control method for raw images

Inventor: Takahiko Oyachi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N23/951H04N5/2625
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Patent No.
US 11,736,820
App. No.
17/832,367
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image capture apparatus that communicates with an image processing apparatus, transmits a plurality of RAW images acquired by continuous shooting by an image capturing unit to the image processing apparatus, receives an image in which a predetermined RAW image is developed or an extracted result of the predetermined RAW image from the image processing apparatus which extracts the predetermined RAW image that satisfies a predetermined condition from the plurality of RAW images received from the image capture apparatus, and, when a predetermined representative image among the plurality of RAW images acquired by the image capturing unit and a predetermined RAW image extracted by the image processing apparatus are different, determines whether to replace the predetermined representative image with the predetermined RAW image.

Claims (20)

1. An image capture apparatus that communicates with an image processing apparatus, comprising:

a processor and a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to function as:

a transmission unit configured to transmit a plurality of RAW images acquired by continuous shooting by an image capturing unit to the image processing apparatus;

a reception unit configured to receive an image in which a predetermined RAW image is developed or an extracted result of the predetermined RAW image from the image processing apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus extracts the predetermined RAW image that satisfies a predetermined condition from the plurality of RAW images received from the image capture apparatus; and

a determination unit configured to, when a predetermined representative image among the plurality of RAW images acquired by the image capturing unit and a predetermined RAW image extracted by the image processing apparatus are different, determine whether to replace the predetermined representative image with the predetermined RAW image.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the predetermined representative image and the predetermined RAW image are different, the processor functions as a notification unit configured to notify a user of whether to replace the predetermined representative image with the predetermined RAW image.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor functions as a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the plurality of RAW images, and

when the predetermined representative image is replaced with the predetermined RAW image, the reproduction unit changes a position at which the reproduction of the image is started from the predetermined representative image to the predetermined RAW image.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage unit configured to store information relating to the predetermined RAW image when the predetermined representative image is not replaced with the predetermined RAW image.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined RAW images is not a RAW image extracted by the image processing apparatus, but is a RAW image selected by a user from among the plurality of RAW images.

6. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the reproduction unit displays a position of the predetermined representative image and/or a position of the predetermined RAW image in the plurality of RAW images.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined RAW images is an image of the best shot extracted by the image processing apparatus from among the plurality of RAW images received from the image capture apparatus.

8. A method of controlling an image capture apparatus that communicates with an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting a plurality of RAW images acquired by continuous shooting by the image capturing unit to the image processing apparatus;

receiving an image in which a predetermined RAW image is developed or an extracted result of the predetermined RAW image from the image processing apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus extracts the predetermined RAW image that satisfies a predetermined condition from the plurality of RAW images received from the image capture apparatus; and

when a predetermined representative image among the plurality of RAW images acquired by the image capturing unit and a predetermined RAW image extracted by the image processing apparatus are different, determining whether to replace the predetermined representative image with the predetermined RAW image.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a processor to execute a method of controlling an image capture apparatus that communicates with an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting a plurality of RAW images acquired by continuous shooting by the image capturing unit to the image processing apparatus;

receiving an image in which a predetermined RAW image is developed or an extracted result of the predetermined RAW image from the image processing apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus extracts the predetermined RAW image that satisfies a predetermined condition from the plurality of RAW images received from the image capture apparatus; and

when a predetermined representative image among the plurality of RAW images acquired by the image capturing unit and a predetermined RAW image extracted by the image processing apparatus are different, determining whether to replace the predetermined representative image with the predetermined RAW image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2022
From: OYACHI, TAKAHIKO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060405/0724 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-095271 · Jun 7, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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