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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus includes at least one processor that functions as a setting a plurality of focusing points by using object information that includes information on a part of an object and is based on an image signal converted from an object image, a selection unit configured to select, from the plurality of focusing points in a search area, a main focusing point on which focusing is performed, an object determination unit configured to determine, by using a focusing state of a focusing point in a part with a highest priority in priorities set for respective parts of the object, whether or not the object included in the focusing point is the same as an object included in a previously selected main focusing point, and a decision unit configured to decide the search area based on a determination made by the object determination unit.