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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Takehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect proximity of an object to a viewfinder, a line-of-sight detector configured to detect as line-of-sight information, using an eyeball image of a user who peers through the viewfinder, a position that the user gazes at in a display unit disposed inside the viewfinder, and a processor configured to determine whether or not to prohibit the display unit from being set to a non-display state using a feature in the eyeball image, in a case where the line-of-sight information is not detected, and not to set the display unit to the non-display state, in a case where the processor determines that the display unit is prohibited from being set to the non-display state.
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