US 11,729,503 B2
Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof
Minoru Hirose, Kanagawa (JP); Kuniaki Sugitani, Kanagawa (JP); Yasuyuki Suzuki, Kanagawa (JP); Satoshi Kimoto, Saitama (JP); Ryotaro Takahashi, Tokyo (JP); Takayuki Akaguma, Tokyo (JP); and Kengo Takeuchi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/132,686.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-238006 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0203856 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/675 (2023.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
a memory device that stores a set of instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to function as:
a first detection unit configured to detect a position of a gazing point in an image based on a line-of-sight of a user;
a first setting unit configured to set an object detection range based on the position of the gazing point;
a second detection unit configured to detect a feature area from the image; and
a second setting unit configured to set a position of a focus detection area which is to be arranged in the image based on a position of the feature area included in the object detection range,
wherein the first setting unit sets the object detection range according to a size of the focus detection area.