IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPRATUS
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1. An image processing apparatus mounted on an image pickup apparatus that picks up moving images, comprising:
- a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from a first image pickup unit that picks up a moving image for use in recording;
a second acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from a second image pickup unit that picks up an image of a person taking the moving images;
a decision unit configured to determine whether or not the person taking the moving image is viewing a monitor that displays the moving image for use in recording, based on the image acquired from said second acquisition unit; and
a control unit configured to vary a status of the image pickup apparatus according to a decision result of said decision unit.
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Abstract
A first acquisition unit acquires images from a first image pickup unit for picking up moving images for use in recording. A second acquisition unit acquires images from a second image pickup unit for picking up the image of a person taking the moving images. A decision unit determines whether or not the person taking the moving images is viewing a monitor for displaying the moving images for use in recording, based on the images acquired from the second acquisition unit. A control unit varies the status of an image pickup apparatus according to the decision results of the decision unit.
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1. An image processing apparatus mounted on an image pickup apparatus that picks up moving images, comprising:
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a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from a first image pickup unit that picks up a moving image for use in recording; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from a second image pickup unit that picks up an image of a person taking the moving images; a decision unit configured to determine whether or not the person taking the moving image is viewing a monitor that displays the moving image for use in recording, based on the image acquired from said second acquisition unit; and a control unit configured to vary a status of the image pickup apparatus according to a decision result of said decision unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5)
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4. An image processing apparatus according to claim wherein said control unit performs control such that when the decision result indicates that the person taking the moving image is viewing the monitor, a shake correction function is turned off or a level of shake correction is lowered, and
when the decision result indicates that the person taking the moving image is not viewing the monitor, the shake correction function is turned on or the level of shake correction is raised.
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6. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
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a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from a first image pickup unit that picks up a moving image for use in recording; an image coding unit configured to code the image acquired by said first acquisition unit so as to generate coded data of moving images; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from a second image pickup unit that picks up an image of a person taking the moving image; a decision unit configured to determine whether or not the person taking the moving image is viewing a monitor that displays the moving image for use in recording, based on the image acquired from said second acquisition unit; and an appending unit configured to relate information on a line-of-sight of the person taking the moving image to the coded data of moving image wherein the line-of-sight information specifies whether the person taking the moving image is viewing the monitor or not. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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