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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2020
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Tomohiro Nishiyama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232127 (2018.08); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 5/232121 (2018.08);
Abstract

There is provided a main subject determining apparatus. A subject detecting unit detects a plurality of subjects from a first image. An obtaining unit obtains posture information of each of the plurality of subjects. For each of the plurality of subjects, a calculating unit calculates, on the basis of the posture information of the subject, a reliability corresponding to a likelihood that the subject is a main subject in the first image. A determining unit determines the main subject of the first image from among the plurality of subjects on the basis of the plurality of reliabilities calculated for the plurality of subjects.


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Nishiyama, Tomohiro. (2022). Main subject determining apparatus, image capturing apparatus, main subject determining method, and storage medium (U.S. Patent No. 11394870). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11394870

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