Image capture apparatus and control method thereof

An electronic device comprising:

• at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:
• a line of sight detection unit configured to detect a position of a gazed point on a screen of a display device based on a line of sight of a user;
• an area detection unit configured to detect at least one object area from an image displayed on the display device;
• a setting unit configured to set a determination area to each object area;
• and
• a selection unit configured to select an object area corresponding to a determination area including the position of the gazed point,
• wherein:
• the setting unit sets the determination area having a size that is greater than or equal to a predetermined lower limit value;
• and
• the setting unit, if an overlap occurs between the determination areas if the determination areas are set such that the center position is the same between each object area and the corresponding determination area, shifts the center positions of the determination areas from the respective center positions of the object areas.

An electronic device comprising:

• at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:
• a line of sight detection unit configured to detect a position of a gazed point on a screen of a display device based on a line of sight of a user;
• an area detection unit configured to detect at least one object area from an image displayed on the display device;
• a setting unit configured to set a determination area to each object area;
• and
• a selection unit configured to select an object area corresponding to a determination area including the position of the gazed point,
• wherein:
• the setting unit sets the determination area having a size that is greater than or equal to a predetermined lower limit value;
• and
• the selection unit selects an object area corresponding to a determination area whose period of time in which the position of the gazed point is included is greater than or equal to a threshold value.

A control method of an electronic device comprising:

• detecting a position of a gazed point on a screen of a display device based on a line of sight of a user;
• detecting at least one object area from an image displayed on the display device;
• setting a determination area to each object area;
• and
• selecting an object area corresponding to a determination area including the position of the gazed point,
• wherein, in the setting, a size of the determination area is determined based on a size of a respective object area, and for an object area whose size is less than a predetermined lower limit value, a predetermined size being larger than the size of the object area is determined as the size of the determination area.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for causing at least one processor included in an electronic device to function as:

• a line of sight detection unit configured to detect a position of a gazed point on a screen of a dispay device based on a line of sight of a user;
• an area detection unit configured to detect at least one object area from an image displayed on the display device;
• a setting unit configured to set a determination area to each object area;
• and
• a selection unit configured to select an object area corresponding to a determination area including the position of the gazed point,
• wherein:
• the setting unit sets a size of the determination area depending on a size of a respective object area, and, for an object area whose size is less than a predetermined lower limit value, sets the determination area having a predetermined size being larger than the size of the object area.