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

Claim 8:
9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method of a control apparatus that controls one or more image capturing units, the control method comprising:
obtaining, based on an image of a plurality of objects captured by the image capturing units, positions of a plurality of objects; and
generating 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 control command is generated in the generating 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.