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Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2020
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Sho Ichikawa, Ebina, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G03B 13/02 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G03B 13/02 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01);
Abstract

An eye direction reception unit receives an eye direction input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process, an operation reception unit receives a touch operation on a region of a specific operation member, the operation reception unit receives a moving operation for moving the selected position and a predetermined operation different from the moving operation on the specific operation member, and a control unit performs control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the predetermined operation is being made, and the selected position is moved based on the eye direction input received by the eye direction reception unit in a case where the predetermined operation is not being made.


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