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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshie Ito, Chiba, JP;
Masato Sanno, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01);
Abstract
In order to provide a subject tracking device capable of reducing erroneous tracking of a subject, the subject tracking device includes an image acquisition unit configured to sequentially acquire images, a tracking unit configured to track a subject which is detected from the images acquired by the image acquisition unit by comparison between images over a plurality of images which are sequentially acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a switching unit configured to switch a time for continuing tracking in the tracking unit in accordance with a type of the subject detected from the images.