US 11,818,454 B2
Controller and control method
Kazuhiro Shimauchi, Tokyo (JP); and Hidetoshi Nagano, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/580,490.
Application 17/580,490 is a continuation of application No. 16/771,870, granted, now 11,265,461, previously published as PCT/JP2018/045032, filed on Dec. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-244732 (JP), filed on Dec. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0150402 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/611 (2023.01) [G06V 40/25 (2022.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A controller, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
receive a detection result indicating a status of an object detectable in a field of view of one or more imaging devices when the field of view of the one or more imaging devices is being controlled according to a first state of a control scenario, the control scenario including a plurality of states for controlling the field of view of the one or more imaging devices;
determine whether a shift condition for triggering a shift of state specified in an event descriptor of the first state is detected according to at least the status of the object, the event descriptor further specifying a second state among the plurality of states as a shift destination associated with the shift condition; and
in response to the shift condition specified in the event descriptor being determined as detected, control the field of view of the one or more imaging devices according to a behavior descriptor of the second state, the behavior descriptor specifying actions for controlling the field of view of the one or more imaging devices.