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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yudai Itoi, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Sasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuo Nishino, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus capable of efficiently retrieving a subject generating a specific sound from an image is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup circuit, a CPU, and a memory that stores a program that, when executed by the CPU, causes the image pickup apparatus to function as: detecting a specific sound from a sound acquired by a sound acquisition unit during moving image capturing, judging a direction in which the specific sound comes toward the image pickup apparatus and acquiring information about a sound direction indicating the direction of the specific sound judged, judging a direction in which the image pickup apparatus is facing and acquiring information about an image capturing direction indicating the direction of the image pickup apparatus judged, and performing control to store attribute information, a moving image acquired by the image pickup circuit, and the sound in a storage unit.