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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Kuniaki Sugitani, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object determining apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to detect an object from image data obtained by imaging, acquire information about orientation of the object from the image data, determine a main object in the image data using a detection result of the object and the information about the orientation, and change a condition for determining the main object according to one of the detection result of the object and the information about the orientation, using the other of the detection result of the object and the information about the orientation.