IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS

摘要

An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device which generates an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion on an optical image via an optical system, an object detector which detects a plurality of object images based on the image signal obtained from the image pickup device, an identification information generator which allocates identification information to each of the object images, a communicator which sends the image signal and the identification information allocated to each of the object images to an outside of the image pickup apparatus, wherein the communicator is capable of receiving identification information of an object image relating to the sent identification information of the object image, and a controller configured to specify a main object image among the object images detected by the object detector based on the received identification information.

主权项

1. An image pickup apparatus, adapted to be used with remote control apparatus external to the image pickup apparatus, the image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image pickup device configured to generate an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion on an optical image; an object detector configured to detect a plurality of objects based on the image signal generated by the image pickup device; an identification information generator configured to allocate identification information to each of the objects detected by the object detector; a communicator operable to send the image signal or another signal generated by the image pickup device and the identification information allocated to each of the objects by the identification information generator to the remote control apparatus, and also operable to receive identification information of an object specified by a user from among the objects for which identification information has been sent to the remote control apparatus; and a controller operable, based on the received identification information, to specify a target object among the objects detected by the object detector.