US 12,406,467 B2
Image capturing apparatus capable of suppressing detection of subject not intended by user, control method for image capturing apparatus, and storage medium
Tetsuya Hada, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,056.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-188047 (JP), filed on Nov. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0154148 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 10/74 (2022.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 10/761 (2022.01) [G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30242 (2013.01); G06V 2201/07 (2022.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the image capturing apparatus to function as:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image;
a first detecting unit configured to detect a specific subject from the image;
a second detecting unit configured to detect an identifier from the image;
a decoding unit configured to obtain information indicated by the identifier detected by the second detecting unit;
a comparing unit configured to perform a comparison between a distance from a center of a photographing view angle of the obtained image to a region that the specific subject is detected and a distance from the center of the photographing view angle of the obtained image to a region that the identifier is detected, or a comparison between a size of the region that the specific subject is detected and a size of the region that the identifier is detected; and
a processing unit configured to switch, according to a result of the comparison performed by the comparing unit, between displaying a screen that allows a user to select whether or not to execute processing based on the information indicated by the identifier without performing an automatic focus control for the specific subject, and performing the automatic focus control for the specific subject without displaying the screen.