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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Tsujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinobu Iida, Fuchu, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit; a sound collecting unit; a detecting unit for detecting sound pressure level of a voice sound collected by the sound collecting unit, a recognizing unit for recognizing that a voice sound collected by the sound collecting unit is an instruction for shooting by the image capturing unit; and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls the image capturing unit to shoot in response that the detecting unit detects sound pressure level of a voice sound collected by the sound collecting unit is larger than a predetermined sound pressure level, and that the recognizing unit recognizes the voice sound as an instruction for shooting by the image capturing unit.