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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Uchihara, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus that is capable of picking up an image that effectively blurs a background easily. The image pickup apparatus including at least one processor and/or circuit configured to function as following units. A generation unit generates simulation images that simulate defocus states of background in cases that an object is picked up at different object distances based on a preliminary pickup image generated by picking up the background without including the object. A setting unit sets evaluation frames to the simulation images, respectively. A calculation unit calculates defocus-state evaluation values of the evaluation frames. A notification unit notifies of information about an object position at which the defocus state becomes optimal based on the defocus-state evaluation values.