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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeki Mori, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/232933 (2018.08); B64C 2201/123 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises an obtainment unit configured to obtain defocus amounts at a plurality of positions within an image capturing range of the image capturing apparatus, and an output unit configured to obtain information instructing a rotation of the image capturing apparatus based on a difference between defocus amounts that the obtainment unit obtained, and output the obtained information.