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Control apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and control method

US12315100B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2023
Grant dateMay 27, 2025
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2219/2016
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control apparatus of controlling imaging of an object includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to acquire information about three-dimensional space as an imaging target, dispose a virtual figure in the three-dimensional space, designate a search area to search the three-dimensional space for the object based on the virtual figure, and perform at least one of focus control and continuous imaging control for the object existing within the search area.

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