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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazue Kaneko, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus comprising a photographing unit which performs photographing and a sound collection unit which collects voice, comprising determining whether a condition to enable a voice command function which executes predetermined processing according to a voice associated with the predetermined processing in a case where a selfie mode, which is an operation mode for photographing, by an operator, the operator himself with the photographing unit, is set, enabling the voice command function in a case where the selfie mode is not set, and changing to enable the voice command function according to a change from a state in which the condition to enable the voice command function is not satisfied to a state in which the condition is satisfied with the voice command function in a disable state in a case where the selfie mode is set.