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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Maiko Takao, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/672 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, an object detecting unit configured to detect an object area based on image data output from the image sensor, a scene detecting unit configured to detect a specific scene based on the image data, and a control unit configured to perform focus control based on focus information on the object area. The control unit changes a selection method of the object area for acquiring the focus information according to whether the specific scene has been detected.