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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Tomotaka Uekusa, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/675 (2023.01); H04N 23/635 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image pickup control device, comprising: a first obtainment unit configured to obtain a picked-up image picked up by an image pickup unit; a display control unit configured to display the picked-up image on a display; a detection unit configured to detect a viewpoint region which is a region viewed by a user in the display; a second obtainment unit configured to obtain a feature amount relating to the picked-up image; and a control unit configured to switch between a first mode, in which a focus of the image pickup unit is controlled such that a subject displayed on the viewpoint region is focused, and a second mode, in which control is executed such that the focus is not changed, on a basis of the viewpoint region and the feature amount.


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