Patent ID: 9363443
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A processing control apparatus that controls mask processing for images sensed by an image sensing unit with variable image sensing positions, and outputs at a first interval the images to which the mask processing is performed, the apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store a mask setting; a control unit configured to control the image sensing unit and to produce exposure time information that represents a progression of exposure by the image sensing unit; an obtaining unit configured to obtain image sensing positions of the image sensing unit at a second interval that is shorter than the first interval; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the exposure by the image sensing unit has finished based on the exposure information, to determine a position on an image to which the mask processing is performed based on (i) the oldest image sensing position of the image sensing unit among the image sensing positions obtained by the obtaining unit in a predetermined period and (ii) the mask setting, and to control the mask processing to the determined position on the image on condition that the exposure by the image sensing unit has finished.