IMAGE PICKUP CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM
First Claim
1. An image pickup control apparatus, comprising:
- 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 said 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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Abstract
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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20 Claims
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1. An image pickup control apparatus, comprising:
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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 said 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An image pickup control method for an image pickup apparatus or an image pickup system which includes a still picture image pickup section adapted to carry out image pickup of an image pickup object and record picked up image data on or into a recording medium, and an image pickup visual field variation section for an image pickup visual field of the still picture image pickup section, comprising the steps of:
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causing the still picture image pickup section to execute a still picture image pickup operation while the image pickup visual field variation section is controlled in an automatic image pickup mode; accepting a predetermined trigger input as a changeover input from the automatic image pickup mode to a request responding image pickup mode; determining an image pickup visual field in accordance with an image pickup request in the request responding image pickup mode; and causing a still picture image pickup operation to be executed by the still picture image pickup section after the determination of the image pickup visual field.
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20. A program for causing a processor to control an image pickup apparatus or an image pickup system which includes a still picture image pickup section adapted to carry out image pickup of an image pickup object and record picked up image data on or into a recording medium, and an image pickup visual field variation section for an image pickup visual field of the still picture image pickup section, the program comprising the steps of:
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causing the still picture image pickup section to execute a still picture image pickup operation while the image pickup visual field variation section is controlled in an automatic image pickup mode; accepting a predetermined trigger input as a changeover input from the automatic image pickup mode to a request responding image pickup mode; determining an image pickup visual field in accordance with an image pickup request in the request responding image pickup mode; and causing a still picture image pickup operation to be executed by the still picture image pickup section after the determination of the image pickup visual field.
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