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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2021
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masakazu Mitsugi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanari Sugita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G03B 13/02 (2021.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G03B 13/02 (2013.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); G03B 2213/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a control unit that executes control in a manner corresponding to the fact that a state of an image capturing person determined on the basis of line-of-sight information is a gaze target undetermined state in which a gaze target has not been determined.