US 12,382,171 B2
Image capturing apparatus for capturing and compositing images different in in-focus position, control method, and storage medium
Shogo Matsumoto, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/460,261.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-141405 (JP), filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0089597 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/675 (2023.01) [H04N 23/611 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a sensor configured to capture a plurality of images different in in-focus position in an optical axis direction; and
at least one processor configured to function as:
a control unit configured to control the sensor;
a composition unit configured to generate, from the plurality of images, a composite image including an area more focused than each of the plurality of images;
a determination unit configured to determine whether a selfie is being taken; and
a detection unit configured to detect a movement of an object in an image,
wherein, in a case where the selfie is being taken and magnitude of the detected movement is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold, the control unit controls the sensor to capture the plurality of images, and the composition unit generates the composite image.