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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Hamano, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kuniaki Sugitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an inference apparatus. An inference unit performs inference with use of a machine learning model based on a subject region including a subject within an image obtained through shooting, and on a plurality of distance information pieces detected from a plurality of focus detection regions inside the subject region, thereby generating an inference result indicating a distance information piece corresponding to the subject or a distance information range corresponding to the subject. The machine learning model is a model that has been trained to suppress a contribution made to the inference result by one or more distance information pieces that are not based on the subject among the plurality of distance information pieces.