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Patent No.:

US 11662809 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2021

Image pickup apparatus configured to use line of sight for imaging control and control method thereof

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Akihiko Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshihito Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP

Primary Examiner:

John Villecco

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kanda, Akihiko. (2023). Image pickup apparatus configured to use line of sight for imaging control and control method thereof (U.S. Patent No. 11662809). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11662809

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