CONTROL DEVICE, PHOTOGRAPHING SYSTEM, MOVABLE BODY, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM

• US 20200137310A1
• Filed: 12/20/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. (d/b/a DJI) (iFlight Technology Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. (d/b/a DJI) (iFlight Technology Company Limited)
• Inventors: ZHANG, Jiayi, HONJO, Kenichi
• Application Number:
  US16/723,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20200137310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/30 for imaging, photography or videography
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/20 Rotors; Rotor supports
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 15/006 Apparatus mounted on flying objects
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/14 interchangeably
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2205/0007 Movement of one or more optical elements for control of motion blur
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 5/00 Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0094 involving pointing a payload, e.g. camera, weapon, sensor, towards a fixed or moving target
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 17/002 for television cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/663 for controlling interchangeable camera parts based on electronic image sensor signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/6812 based on additional sensors, e.g. acceleration sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/685 performed by mechanical compensation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/687 by shifting the lens or sensor position
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums

Abstract

A control device includes a memory storing a program and a processor configured to execute the program to obtain time information indicating a time at which a vibration generation mechanism of a photographing device will generate a vibration, obtain target control information of a support mechanism supporting the photographing device that corresponds to the vibration generated by the vibration generation mechanism, and operate the support mechanism according to the target control information at the time indicated by the time information.

Claims

1. A control device comprising:

a memory storing a program; and

a processor configured to execute the program to;

obtain time information indicating a time at which a vibration generation mechanism of a photographing device will generate a vibration;

obtain target control information of a support mechanism supporting the photographing device, the target control information corresponding to the vibration generated by the vibration generation mechanism; and

operate the support mechanism according to the target control information at the time indicated by the time information.

2. The control device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program to:

obtain vibration information corresponding to the vibration from a memory of the photographing device; and

generate the target control information based on the vibration information.

3. The control device of claim 1, wherein a lens assembly attached to the photographing device includes the vibration generation mechanism.

4. The control device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to obtain the target control information from a memory of the lens assembly.

5. The control device of claim 3, wherein:

the memory further stores correspondence relationships between;

identifications of multiple detachable lens assemblies each including a vibration generation mechanism configured to generate vibration, and

multiple pieces of control information of the support mechanism; and

the processor is further configured to execute the program to obtain, from the memory, one of the multiple pieces of control information that corresponds to an identification of the attached lens assembly as the target control information.

6. The control device of claim 3, wherein:

the memory further stores correspondence relationships between;

identifications of multiple detachable lens assemblies each including a vibration generation mechanism configured to generate vibration, and

multiple pieces of vibration information; and

the processor is further configured to execute the program to;

obtain, from the memory, one of the multiple pieces of vibration information that corresponds to an identification of the attached lens assembly; and

generate the target control information based on the obtained one of the multiple pieces of vibration information.

7. The control device of claim 3, wherein:

the memory further stores correspondence relationships among;

identifications of multiple detachable lens assemblies each including a vibration generation mechanism configured to generate vibration,

identifications of multiple support mechanisms, and

multiple pieces of vibration information; and

the processor is further configured to execute the program to;

obtain, from the memory, one of the multiple pieces of vibration information that corresponds to an identification of the attached lens assembly and an identification of the support mechanism; and

generate the target control information based on the obtained one of the multiple pieces of vibration information.

8. The control device of claim 3, wherein:

the memory further stores correspondence relationships among;

identifications of multiple detachable lens assemblies each including a vibration generation mechanism configured to generate vibration,

identifications of multiple support mechanisms, and

multiple pieces of control information; and

the processor is further configured to execute the program to obtain, from the memory, one of the multiple pieces of control information that corresponds to an identification of the attached lens assembly and an identification of the support mechanism as the target control information.

9. The control device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program to:

obtain vibration information that corresponds to the vibration from a memory of the photographing device; and

generate the target control information based on the vibration information.

10. The control device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program to obtain the target control information from a memory of the photographing device.

11. The control device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program to control the support mechanism according to the target control information and a signal detected by a sensor detecting the vibration of the photographing device.

12. The control device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program to:

instruct the photographing device to drive the vibration generation mechanism at a pre-determined time;

generate the target control information according to a signal from a sensor detecting vibration of the photographing device at the pre-determined time; and

store the target control information in the memory.

13. The control device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program to obtain the time information from the photographing device.

14. The control device of claim 1, wherein the vibration generation mechanism includes at least one of a shutter, a filter, a diaphragm, a lens, or a lens driving mechanism.

15. A photographing system comprising:

a photographing device including a vibration generation mechanism;

a support mechanism supporting the photographing device; and

a control device including;

a memory storing a program; and

a processor configured to execute the program to;

obtain time information indicating a time at which the vibration generation mechanism will generate a vibration;

obtain target control information of the support mechanism that corresponds to the vibration generated by the vibration generation mechanism; and

operate the support mechanism according to the target control information at the time indicated by the time information.

16. The photographing system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program to:

acquire correction information for a residual component of the vibration, the residual component being not able to be suppressed by operating the support mechanism according to the target control information; and

perform a vibration correction according to the correction information at the time indicated by the time information.

17. A movable body comprising:

a propulsion system configured to cause the movable body to move; and

the photographing system of claim 15.

18. A control method comprising:

obtaining time information indicating a time at which a vibration generation mechanism of a photographing device will generate a vibration;

obtaining target control information of a support mechanism supporting the photographing device, the target control information corresponding to the vibration generated by the vibration generation mechanism; and

operating the support mechanism according to the target control information at the time indicated by the time information.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

controlling the support mechanism according to the target control information and a signal detected by a sensor detecting the vibration of the photographing device.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

obtaining the time information from the photographing device.