IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20150373073A1
• Filed: 06/19/2015
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yokoi, Mayu
• Application Number:
  US14/745,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20150373073A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes

Abstract

An image pickup apparatus control method for performing live streaming with a terminal device includes setting an image pickup mode, determining, based on the set image pickup mode, a parameter related to the live streaming, and transmitting the acquired image to the terminal device based on the determined parameter.

Claims

1. An image pickup apparatus that performs live streaming with a terminal device, the image pickup apparatus comprising:

a setting unit configured to set an image pickup mode;

an image pickup unit configured to pick up an image of a subject based on the image pickup mode set by the setting unit;

a determination unit configured to determine, based on the image pickup mode set by the setting unit, a parameter related to the live streaming; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the terminal device, the image picked up by the image pickup unit based on the parameter determined by the determination unit.

2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising

an acquisition unit configured to acquire a communication condition between the image pickup apparatus and the terminal device,

wherein the determination unit determines, depending on the image pickup mode set by the setting unit and the communication condition acquired by the acquisition unit, the parameter related to the live streaming.

3. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the image pickup mode includes a first image pickup mode and a second image pickup mode,

the determination unit determines at least a first parameter and a second parameter as the parameter related to the live streaming, and

a value of the first parameter in the first image pickup mode is greater than a value of the first parameter in the second image pickup mode, and a value of the second parameter in the first image pickup mode is less than a value of the second parameter in the second image pickup mode.

4. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the first parameter represents resolution,

the second parameter represents a frame rate, and

wherein the determination unit determines higher resolution and a lower frame rate when the first image pickup mode is set, and determines lower resolution and a higher frame rate when the second image pickup mode is set.

5. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the first image pickup mode is a mode to pick up an image of a subject which makes fewer movements, and

the second image pickup mode is a mode to pick up an image of a subject which makes more movements.

6. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the first image pickup mode includes a mode to pick up a landscape images and the second image pickup mode includes a mode to pick up sports scene images.

7. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a change unit configured to change the parameter related to the live streaming determined by the determination unit to a parameter received from the terminal device.

8. An image pickup apparatus control method for performing live streaming with a terminal device, the method comprising:

setting an image pickup mode;

determining, based on the set image pickup mode, a parameter related to the live streaming;

picking up an image based on the image pickup mode; and

transmitting the picked up image to the terminal device based on the determined parameter.

9. A computer readable recording medium storing computer executable instructions that cause a computer to execute an image pickup apparatus control method for performing live streaming with a terminal device, the method comprising:

setting an image pickup mode;

determining, based on the set image pickup mode, a parameter related to the live streaming;

picking up an image based on the image pickup mode; and

transmitting the picked up image to the terminal device based on the determined parameter.