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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2024
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Naoki Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Junya Mizutani, 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 23/675 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus includes one or more memories storing instructions, and one or more processors that, upon execution of the stored instructions, are configured to perform determination processing to determine a focus degree of each of two or more partial areas in a captured image acquired by a camera, and select, based on the determined focus degree of each of the two or more partial areas, a subject detection area in the captured image acquired by the camera.