US Patent Application 18297665. ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM simplified abstract

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ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

Organization Name

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA


Inventor(s)

Tomotaka Uekusa of Kanagawa (JP)


ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A simplified explanation of the abstract

  • This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18297665 Titled 'ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM'

Simplified Explanation

This abstract describes an electronic device that has a processor and memory. The device is capable of detecting the eyepoint of a user in an image captured by a camera and displayed on a screen. It can also track multiple subjects in the image and determine the user's level of attention towards each subject based on their eyepoint. The device then selects one of the subjects as the main subject based on the user's attention level towards each subject.


Original Abstract Submitted

An electronic device includes a processor, and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to detect an eyepoint of a user in an image which is captured by an imaging unit and is displayed in a display unit, track a plurality of subjects in the image, determine an attention degree of the user of each of the plurality of subjects based on the eyepoint of the user, and select any of the plurality of subjects as a main subject based on the attention degree of each of the plurality of subjects.