US 12,313,954 B2
Electronic apparatus and method for performing control based on detection of user's sight line
Kazuki Sugaya, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/615,386.
Application 18/615,386 is a continuation of application No. 17/115,156, filed on Dec. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,966,146.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-223003 (JP), filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0231189 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G03B 13/02 (2021.01); F41G 1/38 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 13/02 (2013.01) [F41G 1/38 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
an approach detection unit configured to detect an object approaching to a finder;
a sight line detection unit configured to detect a sight line position to a display unit that is arranged in the finder; and
a control unit configured to controls the sight line detection unit to be in a state in which the sight line is detectable, depending on a detection of the object approaching by the approach detection unit, and
controls the sight line detection unit to switch from the state in which the sight line is detectable to a state in which the sight line is not detected, based on a detection result of the sight line detection unit.