IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM

• Main Authors: KINOSHITA AYAKA, YOSHIZAWA AKITAKA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 17.01.2024
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

To provide a technique to facilitate sharing of an image with a desired partner and sharing of the situation of a receiver of the image.SOLUTION: An imaging apparatus includes: voice acquisition means that acquires a voice of utterance occurring around the imaging apparatus; imaging means that photographs images; control means that, when an expression representing a specific person is included in the voice of utterance, controls transmission of the images so as to transmit a first image, of the photographed images, which is related to the acquisition of the voice of the utterance to an external device associated with the expression representing the specific person; and receiving means that receives, from the external device, a second image photographed by the external device and related to playback of the first image.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】所望の相手との画像の共有と画像の受け手の様子の共有とを容易に行うことが可能な技術を提供する。【解決手段】本開示に係る撮像装置は、撮像装置の周囲で生じる発話の音声を取得する音声取得手段と、画像を撮影する撮像手段と、発話の音声に特定の人物を表す表現が含まれる場合、特定の人物を表す表現に関連付けられている外部装置に、撮影された画像のうち当該発話の音声の取得に関連する第１画像を送信するように、画像の送信を制御する制御手段と、外部装置で撮影された、第１画像の再生と関連する第２画像を、外部装置から受信する受信手段と、を含む。【選択図】図１