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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2025
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Ehira, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capture apparatus includes an imaging unit, a processing unit that performs predetermined processing for an object in an image captured by the imaging unit, a sight line detection unit that detects a sight line position of a user, a first operation unit that issues a shooting instruction, a second operation unit different from the first operation unit, and a control unit that performs control to execute the predetermined processing for a first object in the image in accordance with a first pressing operation on the second operation unit and to switch a target of the predetermined processing to an object corresponding to the sight line position of the user in accordance with a second pressing operation following the first pressing operation on the second operation unit.
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