Image pickup apparatus that automatically determines shooting mode most suitable for shooting scene, control method therefor, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8994783-B2
Application number	US-201113307094-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2011
Priority date	Nov 30, 2010
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

An image pickup apparatus that is capable of controlling the time elapsing from when a shooting scene is determined to when switching between shooting mode is performed, thus making it possible to take images desired by a user. A motion of the image pickup apparatus is detected, and based on the detection result, a motion of the image pickup apparatus is determined. A shooting scene is determined based on a video signal obtained from the image pickup unit. A shooting mode is determined based on the result of scene determination. Based on the result of determination, the ease of switching to the determined shooting mode is changed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image pickup apparatus including an image pickup unit that takes moving images and outputs a video signal, comprising:
a motion detecting unit configured to detect a motion of the image pickup apparatus;
a motion determination unit configured to determine a motion of the image pickup apparatus based on a result of detection by said motion detecting unit;
a scene determination unit configured to determine a shooting scene based on the video signal obta…

Assignees

• Ino Kazuya
• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Ino Kazuya

Classifications

• H04N23/667 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N5/23245 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic