Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus, control apparatus, and control method for distributing captured images to a terminal via a network
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Application No.: US15660821Application Date: 2017-07-26
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Publication No.: US09912856B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Takahiro Iwasaki
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: WOPCT/JP2011/076149 20111114
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232

Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus according to the present invention includes image pickup means; holding means for holding a coordinate system used to represent an image capturing direction of the image pickup means or a region in an image capturing range of the image pickup means; reception means for receiving a first command for rotating a captured image obtained by the image pickup means or a captured image cut out from the region in the image capturing range by a certain angle, a second command for rotating the coordinate system held in the holding means about the origin by the certain angle, and specification information for specifying the image capturing direction in the coordinate system; and change control means for executing control to change the image capturing direction of the image pickup means to the image capturing direction specified by the specification information.
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