US 12,335,615 B2
Control apparatus for deciding an area to perform focusing, image capturing apparatus, control method, and memory medium
Keisuke Kudo, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,271.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-068951 (JP), filed on Apr. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0337756 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 23/675 (2023.01) [G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to function as:
a setting unit configured to set a search area by using object information that includes information on a part of an object and is based on an image signal converted from an object image; and
a selection unit configured to select, at a first timing, from a plurality of focusing points in the search area, a main focusing point on which focusing is performed,
wherein the setting unit sets the search area based on a determination, by using a focusing state of a focusing point corresponding to a part with a highest priority in priorities set for respective parts of the object by at least one of initial setting, user setting, or settings based on a posture of the object or an orientation of a camera system, whether or not the object included in the focusing point corresponding to the part is the same as an object included in a previously selected main focusing point, which is selected at a second timing before the first timing.