Patent Document ID: 10021305
Application ID: 15093283
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image capture apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to function as the following units: computation unit configured to compute an object velocity of an object based on a comparison between a change amount of angular velocities detected by a first detection unit configured to detect an angular velocity and a change amount of motion vectors detected by a second detection unit configured to detect motion vectors for each region of an image; a control unit configured to change an optical axis based on the object velocity during exposure; and a determination unit configured to determine an object vector and a background vector from among the motion vectors detected by the second detection unit, wherein the computation unit is configured to determine regularity in motion of the object by using at least one of the change amount of the angular velocities, a change amount of the object vectors, a change amount of difference between the background vectors and the object vectors, and compute the object velocity by a method based on the determination, wherein the regularity in motion includes a uniform motion and uniformly accelerated motion, and wherein the computation unit is configured to perform one or more of the following: if it is determined that the object s in the uniformly accelerated motion, compute the object velocity based on an angular velocity detected by the first detection unit at a time when a latest image is captured and an angular velocity obtained by converting the object vector determined by the determination unit in the latest image; and if it is determined that the object is in the uniform motion, compute the object velocity based on an angular velocity obtained by converting the object vectors determined by the determination unit in a plurality of images including a latest image.