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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Usami, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Ohwa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyasu Katagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomotaka Uekusa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiro Kogai, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Aida, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Yaguchi, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-capturing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an image sensor; a gaze detecting sensor configured to detect a gaze of a user; and at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an object-detecting unit configured to detect an object from an image captured by the image sensor; and a control unit configured to, if the object-detecting unit detects an object of a specific type in a case where a state of the gaze detecting sensor is a first state for detecting the gaze, change the state of the gaze detecting sensor to a second state in which an electric power consumption of the gaze detecting sensor is less than in the first state.