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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Hada, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus obtains an image, a first detecting unit detects a specific subject from the image, a second detecting unit detects an identifier from the image, a decoding unit obtains information indicated by the detected identifier, a comparing unit compares a distance from a center of the photographing view angle of the image to a region that the subject is detected and a distance from the center of the view angle to a region that the identifier is detected, or a comparison between a size of the region that the subject is detected and a size of the region that the identifier is detected. According to the comparison, a processing unit switches between displaying a screen that allows a user to select whether to execute processing based on the identifier indicated information, without automatic focus control, and performing the automatic focus control for the subject without screen display.