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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeo Ogawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23299 (2018.08); H04N 5/23218 (2018.08); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing device configured to capture an object image, a determining unit configured to determine an area to search for an object in the image data captured by the image capturing device, a zoom unit configured to change the shooting angle of view of the image capturing unit, and a control unit configured to carry out control so that the zoom unit changes the shooting angle of view of the image capturing device to a wide-angle side when the determining unit determines the area to search for the object.