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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akihiko Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihito Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06V 40/165 (2022.01); G06V 40/174 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/635 (2023.01); H04N 23/64 (2023.01); H04N 23/675 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture a subject image, a display unit configured to display image data generated with an output of the image sensor, a line-of-sight detector configured to detect a line of sight of a user viewing the display unit, a subject detector configured to detect a state of a subject from the image data, and a controller configured to control imaging according to the state of the subject at a gaze position corresponding to the line of sight in an imaging area of the image sensor.