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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2024
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Aimi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/672 (2023.01);
Abstract
An information processing apparatus which detects information about a human, including detecting a first gesture. The first gesture indicates at least one of a direction in which an object is present, a position at which the object is present, and an area in which the object is present. In response to detection of the first gesture, information about the object is acquired and a main subject is determined in accordance with a result of acquisition of the information or in accordance with a result of detection of the information about the human.