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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Sekine, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus includes: a determination unit configured to determine a target region; an output unit configured to output a predetermined light to the target region; a detection unit configured to detect intrusion of an object to the target region by detecting the predetermined light, wherein, in accordance that the intrusion of an object to the target region is detected by the detection unit in a state of outputting the predetermined light to a first region, the determination unit is further configured to determine a second region as the target region wherein the second region is larger than the first region.