PHOTGRAPHING SUPPORT SYSTEM, PHOTOGRAPHING SUPPORT METHOD, SERVER PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM

• US 20120013783A1
• Filed: 07/11/2011
• Published: 01/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Asami, Takenori
• Application Number:
  US13/180,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20120013783A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/64 Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image

Abstract

Photographing support that supports a photographer in taking more photographs appropriate for an album such as photographs including good combinations of subjects or photographs taken evenly throughout an event is realized by calculating a point value of a photographing frame captured by a photographing apparatus considering a combination of subjects to be photographed, an importance level of the subject to be photographed, and an importance level of photographing time, and presenting the acquired point value to the photographer.

Claims

1. A photographing support system configured to support photographing performed by a photographing apparatus, the system comprising:

an identification unit configured to identify an object within a photographing frame;

an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a whole photographing frame based on an evaluation condition set for each object within the photographing frame which has been identified; and

a presentation unit configured to present an evaluation result of the evaluation unit to a photographer as support information.

2. The photographing support system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation condition includes a condition which is changed according to a combination of objects.

3. The photographing support system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation condition includes a condition of a group to which the object belongs, and

wherein if a combination of objects set as a same group is within the photographing frame, the evaluation unit gives a lower rate to the photographing frame compared to when a combination of objects set as a same group is not within the photographing frame.

4. The photographing support system according to claim. 1, wherein the evaluation condition is a condition of a group to which the object belongs, and

the evaluation unit gives a higher rate to combination of objects of a same group compared to a combination of objects set as a different group.

5. The photographing support system according to claim. 1, wherein the presentation unit further presents group information of a group of the objects within the photographing frame.

6. The photographing support system according to claim 1, wherein if an object of a different group is included in a plurality of objects within the photographing frame, the presentation unit presents information which can be used in identifying the object of the different group.

7. The photographing support system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation unit gives a lower rate to a photographing-completed object or a combination of photographing-completed objects compared to a non-photographing-completed object or a combination of non-photographing-completed objects.

8. The photographing support system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation condition includes an importance level of the object.

9. The photographing support system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation condition includes a condition which is changed according to photographing time.

10. The photographing support system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation condition includes information used for evaluation based on time elapsed from when the object has been photographed.

11. The photographing support system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation condition includes a condition indicating time at which the object is to be photographed.

12. The photographing support system according to claim 11, further comprising a warning unit configured to warn a photographer when the object to be photographed is not within the photographing frame at the time the object is to be photographed.

13. The photographing support system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation condition includes a condition corresponding to a composition of the photographing frame.

14. The photographing support system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation unit evaluates the whole photographing frame by calculating a point of the whole photographing frame based on the evaluation condition set for each identified object within the photographing frame.

15. The photographing support system according to claim 1, further comprising a registration unit configured to register the object and the evaluation condition.

16. A photographing support method for supporting photographing performed by a photographing apparatus, the method comprising:

identifying an object within a photographing frame;

evaluating a whole photographing frame based on an evaluation condition set for each object within the photographing frame which has been identified; and

presenting an evaluation result of the evaluation to a photographer as support information.

17. A server for outputting support information used for supporting photographing performed by a photographing apparatus to the photographing apparatus, the server comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire a photographing frame;

an identification unit configured to identify an object within the acquired photographing frame;

an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a whole photographing frame based on an evaluation condition set for each object within the photographing frame which has been identified; and

an output unit configured to output an evaluation result of the evaluation unit to the photographing apparatus as support information.

18. A storage medium storing a program used for causing an information processing apparatus to generate support information used for supporting photographing performed by a photographing apparatus, the program comprising:

evaluating a whole photographing frame based on an evaluation condition set for each object within the photographing frame, and

causing the information processing apparatus to generate the support information based on the evaluation.

19. A photographing apparatus presenting information used for supporting photographing performed by a photographer, the apparatus comprising:

an identification unit configured to identify an object within a photographing frame;

an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a whole photographing frame based on an evaluation condition set for each object within the photographing frame which has been identified; and

a presentation unit configured to present an evaluation result of the evaluation unit to a photographer as support information.