Control apparatus, control method, and program

Abstract

There is provided a control apparatus including: a processing unit configured to decide, on a basis of object information indicating a state of an object, a plurality of imaging devices that image the objects such that each of all the objects included in a predetermined area imaged by the plurality of imaging devices falls within an angle of view at which the at least two or more imaging devices perform imaging, and control each of the plurality of imaging devices.

1 . A control apparatus, comprising:
 a processor configured to:
 group a plurality of objects in a specification area into at least one group of objects; and 
 control a specific group of cameras of a plurality of cameras such that at least one object in each group of the at least one group of objects falls within an angle of view of at least two cameras of the plurality of cameras. 
   
     
     
         2 . The control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the specific group of cameras comprises the at least two cameras. 
     
     
         3 . The control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a controlled camera of the plurality of cameras that includes one group of the at least one group within an angle of view of the controlled camera. 
     
     
         4 . The control apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the determination of the controlled camera is based on a degree of concentration of objects of the at least one group. 
     
     
         5 . The control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to group the plurality of objects in the specification area into the at least one group based on a distance between an object of the plurality of objects and each of remaining objects of the plurality of objects. 
     
     
         6 . The control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine allocations of the plurality of cameras that image the plurality of objects based on at least one of a state of an object or a change in a state of at least one camera of the plurality of cameras. 
     
     
         7 . The control apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 compute an evaluation value of each of the allocations based on at least one of the state of the object or the change in the state of the at least one camera of the plurality of cameras; and   determine the specific group of cameras such that the computed evaluation value is highest.   
     
     
         8 . The control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the plurality of objects is acquired at a time in which the processor is configured to cause each of the plurality of cameras to enter an initial state in which the plurality of cameras captures a whole of the specification area, and   the plurality of objects is detected from respective captured images.   
     
     
         9 . The control apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein, based on a determination that a position of at least one of the plurality of objects is not detected from a captured image acquired from each of the plurality of cameras, the processor is further configured to cause each camera of the plurality of cameras to enter the initial state. 
     
     
         10 . The control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control at least one of
 an imaging direction of each camera of the plurality of cameras, or   one of magnification or reduction of an object of the plurality of objects captured by each camera of the plurality of cameras.   
     
     
         11 . The control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control a position of the specific group of cameras. 
     
     
         12 . A control method, comprising:
 grouping a plurality of objects in a specification area into at least one group; and   controlling a specific group of cameras of a plurality of cameras such that at least one object in each group of the at least one group of objects falls within an angle of view of at least two cameras of the plurality of cameras.   
     
     
         13 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor of a control apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
 grouping a plurality of objects in a specification area into at least one group; and controlling a specific group of cameras of a plurality of cameras such that at least one object in each group of the at least one group of objects falls within an angle of view of at least two cameras of the plurality of cameras.