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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akitaka Yoshizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ayaka Kinoshita, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus obtains audio of an utterance that occurs in a vicinity of the image capturing apparatus, captures an image, and controls image transmission such that in response to a determination that an expression indicating a particular person is included in the audio of the utterance, transmits a first image related to the obtainment of the audio of the utterance among captured images to an external apparatus associated with the expression indicating the particular person. In addition, a second image captured in the external apparatus and related to playing of the first image is received from the external apparatus.