Information processing system capable of controlling image-capturable moving body, information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025175696-A1
Application number	US-202418955133-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 21, 2024
Priority date	Nov 28, 2023
Publication date	May 29, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An information processing system including a moving object involving maneuvering, and an image-capturable moving apparatus having an image capturing device mounted thereon which captures an image of the moving object. A controller acquires maneuvering instruction information of the moving object. Image-capturing condition controller controls image capturing performed by the image capturing device. The image-capturing condition controller controls image-capturing conditions at a time of image-capturing performed by the image capturing device based on the maneuvering instruction information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing system including a moving object involving maneuvering, and an image-capturable moving apparatus having an image capturing device mounted thereon which captures an image of the moving object, comprising:
at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire maneuvering instruction information of the moving object; and an image capturing control unit configured to control image capturing performed by the image capturing device, wherein the image capturing control unit controls image-capturing conditions at a time of image-capturing performed by the image capturing device, based on the maneuvering instruction information.

2 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is caused to further function as a shooting scenario selection unit configured to select a shooting scenario from a shooting scenario list in which conditions concerning image-capturing are described, and
wherein the shooting scenario list describes a shooting start condition and a shooting end condition, which are determined based on at least the maneuvering instruction information, and the image-capturing conditions of the image capturing device.

3 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the image-capturing conditions include at least one of a frame rate, a shutter speed, and an exposure condition.

4 . The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein the image capturing control unit controls the image capturing device to perform image capturing of the moving object involving maneuvering, according to the shooting start condition, the shooting end condition, and the image-capturing conditions, which are described in a shooting scenario selected by the shooting scenario selection unit.

5 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the maneuvering instruction information is information for instructing a position and an operation of the moving object.

6 . The information processing system according to claim 5 , wherein the maneuvering instruction information is information instructing at least one of a speed and an orientation of the movable object, an operation of a movable mechanism, a notification using sound or light, and light emission from a light source.

7 . The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is caused to further function as a scene attention-getting degree determination unit configured to determine a scene attention-getting degree of an image-capturing scene based on the maneuvering instruction information.

8 . The information processing system according to claim 7 , wherein the image capturing control unit performs control to increase a frame rate in a case where it is determined that the scene attention-getting degree is high and performs control to reduce the frame rate in a case where it is determined that the scene attention-getting degree is low.

9 . The information processing system according to claim 7 , wherein in a case where the maneuvering instruction information concerns one of opening/closing of a window, blinking a direction indicator, and drift running, the scene attention-getting degree determination unit determines that the scene attention-getting degree is high.

10 . The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein in a case where the maneuvering instruction information has not been provided for a predetermined time period, the scene attention-getting degree determination unit determines that the scene attention-getting degree is low.

11 . The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein in a case where the maneuvering instruction information concerns reduction of the speed, the scene attention-getting degree determination unit determines that the scene attention-getting degree is low.

12 . The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein the scene attention-getting degree determination unit acquires maneuvering instruction information of another moving object and determines the scene attention-getting degree by using the maneuvering instruction information of the other moving object in combination with the maneuvering instruction information.

13 . The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein the scene attention-getting degree determination unit acquires image analysis information of the moving object and determines the scene attention-getting degree by using the image analysis information in combination with the maneuvering instruction information.

14 . The information processing system according to claim 13 , wherein the scene attention-getting degree determination unit acquires information on a landmark in the vicinity of the moving object and determines the scene attention-getting degree by using the image analysis information in combination with the information on the landmark.

15 . The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein in a case where a condition for changing image-capturing conditions is not satisfied, the image capturing control unit does not change the frame rate based on the scene attention-getting degree.

16 . The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein in a case where the frame rate has been changed based on the scene attention-getting degree, the image capturing device adds a flag for changing a reproduction speed when editing a video, and performs recording.

17 . The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is caused to further function as a predicted panning amount calculation unit configured to calculate a predicted background-panning amount, based on the maneuvering instruction information.

18 . The information processing system according to claim 17 , wherein the processor is caused to further function as an ideal panning amount acquisition unit configured to acquire an ideal background-panning amount from the shooting scenario, and
wherein in a case where a difference between the predicted background-panning amount and the ideal background-panning amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, the image capturing control unit performs control to change at least the shutter speed.

19 . The information processing system according to claim 17 , wherein the predicted background-panning amount is calculated based on a predicted speed of the moving object based on at least the maneuvering instruction information, and the shutter speed.

20 . The information processing system according to claim 18 , wherein in a case where it is difficult to change the shutter speed based on the predicted background-panning amount and the ideal background-panning amount, the image capturing device adds a flag for causing a plurality of frames to be combined when editing a video.

21 . The information processing system according to claim 18 , wherein in a case where the condition for changing image-capturing conditions is not satisfied, the image capturing control unit does not change the shutter speed based on the predicted background-panning amount and the ideal background-panning amount.

22 . The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein an exposure change amount associated with the maneuvering instruction information is acquired.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Shota
• Kakinuma Naoki

Classifications

• H04N23/71

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• H04N23/667

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• H04N23/60

  Control of cameras or camera modules · CPC title

• H04N23/695

  Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects · CPC title

• H04N23/72

  Combination of two or more compensation controls · CPC title