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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); H04N 5/23222 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject, a search unit configured to search for a subject which is an imaging target to be captured by the imaging unit, and a reception unit configured to receive a change instruction for changing the imaging target from the subject currently being captured by the imaging unit without specifying a change destination imaging target, wherein, in a case where the change instruction is received, the search unit searches for another subject.