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Granted Patent B2
US 12,520,044 · App. 18/501,087 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Information processing apparatus that changes a display state of an icon on a captured image depending on whether zoom control in tracking is permited, and control method thereof

Inventor: Ryo Tanaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H04N23/69G06T7/20H04N23/61H04N23/632H04N23/695
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Patent No.
US 12,520,044
App. No.
18/501,087
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus for doing a setting of a capturing apparatus having a tracking function for tracking an object by pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) control, comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image obtained by the capturing apparatus; and a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to accept a setting of a target position in the captured image of an object that is a tracking target. The display control unit changes an icon indicating the target position in the GUI between a case where the target position in a first mode that permits zoom control in tracking is set and a case where the target position in a second mode that suppresses the zoom control in tracking is set.

Claims (32)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions; and

one or more processors executing the instructions to:

acquire a captured image obtained by a capturing apparatus having a tracking function for tracking an object; and

display, on a display device, a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to accept a setting of a target position in the captured image of an object that is a tracking target,

wherein, in the GUI, a display state of a first icon indicating the target position in the captured image in a case where a tracking mode is a first mode in which zoom control in tracking is permitted is different from a display state of a second icon indicating the target position in the captured image in a case where the tracking mode is a second mode in which the zoom control in tracking is not permitted.

2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first icon is superimposed on the captured image obtained by the capturing apparatus in a case where the first mode is set, and

the second icon is superimposed on the captured image obtained by the capturing apparatus in a case where the second mode is set.

3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the GUI includes a first interface to accept a designation of whether to use the tracking function, and a second interface to accept a designation of whether to use the zoom control,

in a case where designation of using the tracking function and designation of using the zoom control are accepted, the first icon is displayed, and

in a case where the designation of using the tracking function and designation of not using the zoom control are accepted, the second icon is displayed.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where the first icon is displayed, a target size in the captured image of the object that is the tracking target is configurable, and

in a case where the second icon is displayed, a target size in the captured image of the object that is the tracking target is not configurable.

5 . The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the GUI further includes a third interface to accept a designation of a size of the first icon, and

the target size is changed in accordance with the size designated via the third interface.

6 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

in a case where the second icon is displayed, a size of the second icon cannot be changed.

7 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first icon is an icon representing a whole image of the object, and

the second icon is an icon that represents a partial image of the object and does not represent the whole image.

8 . A control method of an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

acquiring a captured image obtained by a capturing apparatus having a tracking function for tracking an object; and

displaying, on a display device, a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to accept a setting of a target position in the captured image of an object that is a tracking target,

wherein, in the GUI, a display state of a first icon indicating the target position in the captured image in a case where a tracking mode is a first mode in which zoom control in tracking is permitted is different from a display state of a second icon indicating the target position in the captured image in a case where the tracking mode is a second mode in which the zoom control in tracking is not permitted.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus to:

acquire a captured image obtained by a capturing apparatus having a tracking function for tracking an object; and

display, on a display device, a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to accept a setting of a target position in the captured image of an object that is a tracking target,

wherein, in the GUI, a display state of a first icon indicating the target position in the captured image in a case where a tracking mode is a first mode in which zoom control in tracking is permitted is different from a display state of a second icon indicating the target position in the captured image in a case where the tracking mode is a second mode in which the zoom control in tracking is not permitted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2023
From: TANAKA, RYO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065708/0139 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2022-182800 · Nov 15, 2022 · national
JP 2023-145579 · Sep 7, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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