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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Nishiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Reiji Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A main object determination apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire images captured at different timings, a selection unit configured to select main object candidate(s) from objects in the images, a determination unit configured to determine whether the main object candidate(s) each selected at the respective different timings are the same, and an input unit configured to receive an operation. In a case where the determination unit determines that the main object candidate(s) selected by the selection unit in an image of interest and one or more images captured within a predetermined time before the image of interest is captured are the same, the determination unit determines the main object candidate(s) to be a main object. In a case where the input unit receives an instruction to specify a new main object, the determination unit switches the main object according to the instruction.