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Image pickup control apparatus, image pickup control method and computer readable medium for changing an image pickup mode
US8994831B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8994831-B2 |
| Application number | US-201314068999-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2013 |
| Priority date | Dec 28, 2009 |
| Publication date | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2015 |
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An image pickup control apparatus, includes: a trigger acceptance section adapted to accept a predetermined trigger input as a changeover input from an automatic image pickup mode to a request responding image pickup mode; and a request responding image pickup control section adapted to establish, when the trigger input is accepted by the trigger acceptance section while an image pickup apparatus is carrying out still picture image pickup operation with an image pickup visual field of the image pickup apparatus changed in the automatic image pickup mode, the request responding image pickup mode and control the image pickup apparatus to execute a process for determining an image pickup visual field in accordance with an image pickup request and then execute still picture image pickup operation after the determination of the image pickup visual field.
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What is claimed is: 1. An image pickup control apparatus, comprising: circuitry configured to: accept a predetermined trigger to change from an automatic image pickup mode to a request responding image pickup mode; and operate, upon determination that an input of the predetermined trigger is accepted while an image pickup apparatus performs a first image pickup operation with a first image pickup visual field of the image pickup apparatus changed in the automatic image pickup m…
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- What does patent US8994831B2 cover?
- An image pickup control apparatus, includes: a trigger acceptance section adapted to accept a predetermined trigger input as a changeover input from an automatic image pickup mode to a request responding image pickup mode; and a request responding image pickup control section adapted to establish, when the trigger input is accepted by the trigger acceptance section while an image pickup apparat…
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- Sony Corp
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- Primary CPC classification G03B17/38. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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