Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium
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Application No.: US18452198Application Date: 2023-08-18
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Publication No.: US12279042B2Publication Date: 2025-04-15
- Inventor: Naoki Iwasaki
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2022-133519 20220824
- Main IPC: H04N23/67
- IPC: H04N23/67 ; H04N23/61

Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus includes an object detection unit configured to detect an object from an image signal, a discriminating unit configured to discriminate a type of the object, a setting unit configured to set a focus detection region divided in a plurality of sub-regions corresponding to the region of the object, a focus detection unit configured to detect information about an in-focus position for each of the plurality of sub-regions, a prediction unit configured to predict an in-focus position according to a movement of the object in a depth direction, and a selection unit configured to select an in-focus position of which sub-region among the plurality of sub-regions to employ as the in-focus position of the object, in accordance with the type of the object and the in-focus position being predicted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240073522A1 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2024-02-29
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