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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniaki Sugitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a focus prediction apparatus. A detection unit detects two or more subjects in each of a plurality of images that are sequentially generated through continuous shooting. A selection unit selects a main subject from among the two or more subjects with respect to each of the images. With respect to each of the images, a storage unit stores a focus position at which a target subject is brought into focus, for each of the two or more subjects as the target subject. A prediction unit performs first prediction processing in response to generation of a first image through the continuous shooting, the first prediction processing being for predicting a future focus position of a main subject in the first image based on a history of focus positions corresponding to the main subject in the first image.