Information processing apparatus and information processing method

• US 10,497,160 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2017
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yanagisawa, Takafumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Yu
• Application Number:
  US15/842,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20180182148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 719 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10004 Still image; Photographic image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/11 Region-based segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/69 Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

An information processing apparatus displays an image relating to image data captured by an image capturing unit and includes a first display control unit that superimposes a first object on the image, the first object indicating a position corresponding to a partial image corresponding to a part of the image captured by the image capturing unit, and a second display control unit that superimposes a second object on the image, the second object indicating a direction for enabling a position of the partial image to be moved on the image.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus that controls a display unit so as to display a fisheye image captured by an image capturing unit, the apparatus comprising:

a display control unit configured to superimpose a first object on the fisheye image, the first object indicating a position of a partial image corresponding to a part of the fisheye image;

a reception unit configured to receive an instruction for moving the position of the partial image in a horizontal direction of the partial image; and

wherein the display control unit superimposes, on the fisheye image, a second object that is circular and corresponds to a locus of the position of the partial image in a case where the position of the partial image is moved in accordance with the instruction.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where the image includes a plurality of partial images, the display control unit superimposes first objects indicating center positions of the partial images on the fisheye image, and superimposes the second object for a selected one of the plurality of partial image on the fisheye image and does not superimpose the second object for a non-selected one or more of the plurality of partial image on the fisheye image.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where the image includes a plurality of partial images, the first display control unit superimposes on the fisheye image a first object indicating a center position of a selected one of the plurality of partial images in a different color or a different shape from a first object indicating a center position of an unselected one of the partial images, and superimposes on the fisheye image the second object for a selected one of the plurality of partial images.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where a size of the partial image of the fisheye image is changed, the display control unit changes a range indicated by the second object and superimposes the second object on the fisheye image.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit superimposes the circular object and a linear object in the shape of a line passing through the center of the fisheye image in a vertical direction of the partial image, on the fisheye image, as the second object.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display control unit superimposes on the fisheye image the circular object and the linear object in colors or shapes different from each other.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the display control unit displays a slider indicating the horizontal direction of the partial image on the fisheye image in a color or a shape identical to that of the circular object in a vicinity of the partial image and displays a slider indicating the vertical direction of the partial image on the fisheye image in a color or a shape identical to that of the linear object in a vicinity of the partial image.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit superimposes on the partial image a third object indicating a range for enabling the position of the partial image on the fisheye image to be moved in a predetermined direction.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display control unit superimposes on the partial image an object indicating the horizontal direction and an object indicating the vertical direction as the third object.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display control unit superimposes on the partial image an object indicating the horizontal direction and an object indicating the vertical direction as the third object.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the display control unit superimposes on the partial image the object indicating the horizontal direction and the object indicating the vertical direction in colors or shapes different from each other.

12. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus that controls a display unit so as to display a fisheye image captured by an image capturing unit, the method comprising:

superimposing a first object on the fisheye image, the first object indicating a position of a partial image corresponding to a part of the fisheye image; and

receiving an instruction for moving the position of the partial image in a horizontal direction of the partial image; and

wherein the superimposing superimposes, on the fisheye image, a second object that is circular and corresponds to a locus of the position of the partial image in a case where the position of the partial image is moved in accordance with the instruction.

13. An information processing apparatus that controls a display unit so as to display a fisheye image captured by an image capturing unit, the apparatus comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive an instruction for moving a position of a partial image in a horizontal direction of the partial image, the partial image corresponds to a part of the fisheye image; and

a display control unit configured to superimpose, on the fisheye image, an object that is circular and corresponds to a locus of the position of the partial image in a case where the position of the partial image is moved in accordance with the instruction.

14. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus that controls a display unit so as to display a fisheye image captured by an image capturing unit, the method comprising:

receiving an instruction for moving a position of a partial image in a horizontal direction of the partial image, the partial image corresponds to a part of the fisheye image; and

superimposing, on the fisheye image, an object that is circular and corresponds to a locus of the position of the partial image in a case where the position of the partial image is moved in accordance with the instruction.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program of instructions for performing an information processing method using an information processing apparatus, the method controlling a display unit so as to display a fisheye image captured by an image capturing unit, the method comprising:

superimposing a first object on the fisheye image, the first object indicating a position of a partial image corresponding to a part of the fisheye image; and

receiving an instruction for moving the position of the partial image in a horizontal direction of the partial image; and

wherein the superimposing superimposes, on the fisheye image, a second object that is circular and corresponds to a locus of the position of the partial image in a case where the position of the partial image is moved in accordance with the instruction.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program of instructions for performing an information processing method using an information processing apparatus, the method controlling a display unit so as to display a fisheye image captured by an image capturing unit, the method comprising:

receiving an instruction for moving a position of a partial image in a horizontal direction of the partial image, the partial image corresponds to a part of the fisheye image; and

superimposing, on the fisheye image, an object that is circular and corresponds to a locus of the position of the partial image in a case where the position of the partial image is moved in accordance with the instruction.