US 12,262,109 B2
Image capturing apparatus improved in image recognition accuracy, method of controlling same, and storage medium
Takashi Kobayashi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/194,415.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-065203 (JP), filed on Apr. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328358 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/83 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/611 (2023.01) [H04N 23/665 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/83 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capturing apparatus including an image sensor section and a signal processor configured to process an image input from the image sensor section via a signal line, comprising:
a switching unit configured to switch the image sensor section to one of a recognition mode and a learning mode,
wherein the image sensor section includes:
an image capturing unit configured to generate the image, and
a first recognition unit configured to perform, in the recognition mode, recognition processing by inputting the image to a first learning model,
wherein the signal processor includes:
a second recognition unit configured to perform recognition processing by inputting the image to a second learning model, and
wherein the image sensor section further includes a learning unit configured to update, in the learning mode, the first learning model, based on a recognition result which is obtained by the second recognition unit and is input from the signal processor, and an image generated by the image capturing unit.