INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20180182148A1
• Filed: 12/14/2017
• Published: 06/28/2018
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 10,497,160 B2
• Time in Patent Office: 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 displays an image relating to image data captured by an image capturing unit, the apparatus comprising:

a first display control unit configured to superimpose 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 configured to superimpose 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.

2. 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 first objects indicating center positions of the partial images on the image, and the second display control unit superimposes the second object for a selected one of the plurality of partial image on the 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 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 the second display control unit superimposes on the 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 image is changed, the second display control unit changes a range indicated by the second object and superimposes the second object on the image.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second display control unit superimposes on the image an object indicating a pan direction or an object indicating a tilt direction as the second object.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second display control unit superimposes on the image an object indicating a pan direction and an object indicating a tilt direction as the second object.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the second display control unit superimposes on the image an object indicating the pan direction and an object indicating the tilt direction in colors or shapes different from each other.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second display control unit displays a pan slider indicating a pan value of a position of the partial image on the image in a color or a shape identical to that of the object indicating the pan direction in a vicinity of the partial image and displays on the image a tilt slider indicating a tilt value of the partial image in a color or a shape identical to that of the object indicating the tilt direction in a vicinity of the partial image.

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

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the second display control unit superimposes on the partial image an object indicating a pan direction and an object indicating a tilt direction as the third object.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the second display control unit superimposes on the partial image an object indicating a pan direction and an object indicating a tilt direction as the third object.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the second display control unit superimposes on the partial image the object indicating a pan direction and the object indicating a tilt direction in colors or shapes different from each other.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image is an image captured by the image capturing unit using a fisheye lens.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image relating to image data captured by the image capturing unit schematically represents an image captured by the image capturing unit.

15. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus that displays an image relating to image data captured by an image capturing unit, the method comprising:

superimposing 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

superimposing 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.

16. An information processing apparatus that displays an image relating to image data captured by an image capturing unit, the apparatus comprising:

a display control unit configured to superimpose an object on the image, the object indicating a direction for enabling a position of the partial image corresponding to a part of the image captured by the image capturing unit.