US 12,470,806 B2
Electronic apparatus, its control method, and storage medium
Yasuyuki Suzuki, Kanagawa (JP); Yosuke Mine, Tokyo (JP); Koichi Ito, Tokyo (JP); and Takeshi Uchida, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/515,551.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-192659 (JP), filed on Dec. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0187724 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/63 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/63 (2023.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a proximity detector configured to detect proximity of an eye to a viewfinder;
a line-of-sight detector configured to detect line-of-sight information for a first display unit disposed inside the viewfinder;
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
determine an eye proximity state or an eye absence state based on a detection result of the line-of-sight detector,
drive the proximity detector from a stopped state in accordance with determination of the eye absence state based on the detection result of the line-of-sight detector,
continue to detect line-of-sight information by the line-of-sight detector after driving the proximity detector, and
stop driving the line-of-sight detector in accordance with the proximity detector not detecting eye proximity state.