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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Sakamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus controls an image capturing apparatus that obtains, through automatic shooting, an image to be provided to a user. The apparatus evaluates a state of a subject, determines, based on a result of the evaluation, whether to cause the image capturing apparatus to perform shooting, obtains demand information that indicates demand tendencies of a user respectively for state types of the subject, and controls an operation of the determination based on the demand information. The apparatus controls the operation of the determination so that a frequency at which the image capturing apparatus performs shooting varies in accordance with magnitudes of demands for the respective state types of the subject.