Patent ID: 11882363
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A control apparatus that controls one or more image capturing units, the apparatus comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor that, upon execution of the instructions, is configured to operate as a plurality of units comprising:
(1) an obtaining unit configured to, based on an image of a plurality of objects captured by the image capturing units, obtain positions of the plurality of objects; and
(2) a generation unit configured to generate a control command for changing an orientation of at least one of the image capturing units based on a score calculated based on (a) a reliability in tracking of the plurality of objects, (b) the positions of the plurality of objects, and (c) orientations of the image capturing units,
wherein the generation unit generates the control command such that the score, which includes (a) a first score based on a first criterion regarding an accuracy of a tracking capture of one or more target objects included in the plurality of objects and (b) a second score based on a second criterion regarding a reliability in the tracking of the plurality of objects, becomes relatively larger.