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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Inukai, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-capturing control apparatus according to the present invention includes: a line-of-sight detection unit configured to detect a line-of-sight position that is a position input by a line-of-sight of a user who is looking into a viewfinder; and a control unit configured to during standby for moving-image recording, perform control to move an AF (autofocus) target position by tracking the line-of-sight position even in case the line-of-sight position does not satisfy a specific condition, during the moving-image recording, perform, in a case where the line-of-sight position does not satisfy the specific condition, control so as not to change the AF target position based on the line-of-sight position, and perform, in a case where the line-of-sight position satisfies the specific condition, control to change the AF target position on the basis of the line-of-sight position.