Image capturing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi YASHIMA, Hideki OGURA, Kuniaki SUGITANI, Yohei MATSUI, Akihiko KANDA
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Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes an object detection unit configured to detect an object, a posture detection unit configured to detect a posture of the object, a focus detection unit configured to detect a focusing state of the object; and a setting unit configured to set a threshold value for determining whether or not to select the object as a main object based on a posture and the focusing state of the object.
Claims9
An image capturing apparatus comprising at least one processor or circuit configured to function as:
- an object detection unit configured to detect an object;
- a focus detection unit configured to detect a focus state of the object detected by the object detection unit;
- an motion detection unit configured to detect an object performing movement with a specific motion;
- a selection unit configured to select a main object based on a detection result of the focus detection unit and a detection result of the motion detection unit,
- wherein in a case where a focus state of the object detected by the object detection unit is in a first focus state, when the object is performing the first motion, the selection unit does not select the object as the main object, and when the object is performing the second motion, the selection unit select the object as the main object.
A method of controlling an image capturing apparatus, comprising:
- performing object detection for detecting an object;
- performing focus detection for detecting a focusing state of the object;
- performing motion detection for detecting an object performing movement with a specific motion;
- selecting a main object based on a detection result of the focus detection and a detection result of the motion detection,
- wherein in a case where a focus state of the object detected by the object detection unit is in a first focus state, when the object is performing the first motion, the object is not selected as the main object, and when the object is performing the second motion, object is selected as the main object.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute each step of a method for controlling an image capturing apparatus, the method comprising:
- performing object detection for detecting an object;
- performing focus detection for detecting a focusing state of the object;
- performing motion detection for detecting an object performing movement with a specific motion;
- selecting a main object based on a detection result of the focus detection and a detection result of the motion detection,
- wherein in a case where a focus state of the object detected by the object detection unit is in a first focus state, when the object is performing the first motion, the object is not selected as the main object, and when the object is performing the second motion, object is selected as the main object.
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