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Granted Patent B2
US 12,556,810 · App. 18/413,032 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Imaging control device, method, imaging system, and computer readable medium for cooperation imaging using multiple imaging devices

Inventor: Masahiko Sugimoto (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
H04N23/64H04N23/61H04N23/66
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Patent No.
US 12,556,810
App. No.
18/413,032
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging control device includes: a memory; and a processor, the memory records a captured image obtained by capturing with a first imaging device and imaging information related to the imaging in association with each other, and the processor is configured to perform imaging control of controlling imaging with a second imaging device different from the first imaging device, based on at least any one of the captured image or the imaging information.

Claims (55)

1 . An imaging control device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor,

wherein the memory is configured to record a captured image obtained by capturing with a first imaging device and imaging information including position information of the first imaging device at a time of the imaging with the first imaging device in association with each other, and

the processor is configured to perform imaging control of controlling a second imaging device different from the first imaging device to image a second part of a subject different from a first part of the subject imaged by the first imaging device based on a difference between position information of a third imaging device and the position information of the first imaging device, wherein the third imaging device images the first imaging device imaging the subject to obtain the difference.

2 . The imaging control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging control includes setting of an imaging parameter by the second imaging device based on the imaging information.

3 . The imaging control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to perform control of selecting an imaging target part of the second imaging device from among parts of the subject set in advance.

4 . The imaging control device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the imaging information includes imaging completion information indicating the first part, among the parts of the subject, imaged by the first imaging device, and

the processor is configured to perform the control of selecting the imaging target part of the second imaging device based on the imaging completion information.

5 . The imaging control device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the imaging information includes flag information indicating whether or not the corresponding captured image satisfies a predetermined condition, and

the processor is configured to perform the control of selecting the imaging target part of the second imaging device based on the flag information.

6 . The imaging control device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the imaging information includes flag information indicating whether or not capturing of the corresponding captured image is aerial imaging, and

the processor is configured to perform the control of selecting the imaging target part of the second imaging device based on the flag information.

7 . The imaging control device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the imaging information includes performance information indicating a model or imaging performance of the first imaging device, and

the processor is configured to perform the control of selecting the imaging target part of the second imaging device based on the performance information and a model or imaging performance of the second imaging device.

8 . The imaging control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first imaging device is capable of performing automatic imaging on a plurality of parts of a subject,

the imaging information includes a log of the automatic imaging, and

the processor is configured to perform automatic imaging control of controlling the automatic imaging on the plurality of parts with the first imaging device or the second imaging device based on the imaging information.

9 . The imaging control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the first imaging device or the second imaging device includes an imaging device mounted on a moving object.

10 . The imaging control device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the moving object is a flying object.

11 . An imaging system comprising:

a first imaging device;

a second imaging device; and

an imaging control device including a communication unit that is communicable with the first imaging device and the second imaging device,

wherein the imaging control device records a captured image obtained by capturing with the first imaging device in association with imaging information including position information of the first imaging device at a time of the imaging with the first imaging device, and performs imaging control of controlling the second imaging device to image a second part different from a first part of the subject imaged by the first imaging device based on a difference between position information of a third imaging device and the position information of the first imaging device, wherein the third imaging device images the first imaging device imaging the subject to obtain the difference.

12 . An imaging control method by an imaging control device including a memory and a processor, the imaging control method comprising:

by the memory,

recording a captured image obtained by capturing with a first imaging device and imaging information including position information of the first imaging device at a time of the imaging with the first imaging device in association with each other; and

by the processor,

performing imaging control of controlling a second imaging device different from the first imaging device to image a second part of a subject, different from a first part of the subject imaged by the first imaging device based on a difference between position information of a third imaging device and the position information of the first imaging device, wherein the third imaging device images the first imaging device imaging the subject, to obtain the difference.

13 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an imaging control program executed by an imaging control device including a memory that records a captured image obtained by capturing with a first imaging device and imaging information including position information of the first imaging device at a time of the imaging with the first imaging device in association with each other, and a processor, the imaging control program causing the processor to execute a process comprising:

performing imaging control of controlling a second imaging device different from the first imaging device to image a second part different from a first part of the subject imaged by the first imaging device, based on a difference between position information of a third imaging device and the position information of the first imaging device, wherein the third imaging device images the first imaging device imaging the subject to obtain the difference.

14 . An imaging control device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor,

wherein the memory is configured to record a captured image obtained by capturing with a first imaging device and imaging information including flag information indicating whether or not capturing of the corresponding captured image is aerial imaging, in association with each other, and

the processor is configured to

perform imaging control of controlling a second imaging device different from the first imaging device to image a second part different from a first part of the subject imaged by the first imaging device based on at least one of the captured image or the imaging information, and

perform, based on the flag information, control of selecting an imaging target part of the second imaging device from among parts of the subject set in advance.

15 . An imaging control device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor,

wherein the memory is configured to record a captured image obtained by capturing with a first imaging device and imaging information including performance information indicating a model or imaging performance of the first imaging device, in association with each other, and

the processor is configured to

perform imaging control of controlling a second imaging device different from the first imaging device to image a second part different from a first part of the subject imaged by the first imaging device based on at least one of the captured image or the imaging information, and

perform, based on the performance information and a model or imaging performance of the second imaging device, control of selecting an imaging target part of the second imaging device from among parts of the subject set in advance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2024
From: SUGIMOTO, MASAHIKO
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066156/0836 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-124856 · Jul 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022026576 · Jul 4, 2022
Related Publication 20240155223A1 · May 9, 2024
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