US 12,229,335 B2
Electronic device
Tomoyuki Shiozaki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/063,536.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-201782 (JP), filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0185371 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/013 (2013.01) [G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06V 40/193 (2022.01); G06V 2201/07 (2022.01)] 16 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor which, upon execution of the instructions, configures the at least one processor to function as:
an estimation unit configured to estimate a gaze area of a user;
a detection unit configured to detect one or more objects present in a gaze direction of the user; and
a selection unit configured to select one object from the one or more objects on a basis of the gaze area, wherein
in a case where a plurality of objects is detected by the detection unit, the selection unit selects the one object by comparing a size of the gaze area and a size of each of the plurality of objects.