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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Midorikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiko Iwamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus acquires successive images in a time-series manner and performs image processing thereon. The image capturing apparatus detects a first region (for example, a face) of a subject from an image, and detects a second region (for example, a torso) of a subject from an image. The image capturing apparatus performs processing for searching for a detection result which is obtained from a current image with use of a detection result obtained from a previously acquired image and classifying detection results each satisfying a condition according to subject. In the search processing, identical-region search, which uses detection results of an identical region between the previously acquired image and the current image, is performed in preference to different-region search, which uses detection results of different regions between the previously acquired image and the current image.