A control apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to function as a setting unit and a selection unit. The setting unit is configured to set an object area indicating an object by using object information that includes information on a part of the object and is based on an image signal converted from an object image and to set a plurality of focus detection points by using the object area. The selection unit is configured to select, from the plurality of focus detection points in a selection area, a main focus detection point on which focusing is performed. In a case where the object is a vehicle, the selection unit makes the selection area narrower than the object area.

An apparatus includes a device that acquires an image signal by photoelectrically converting a light beam of a subject that has entered via an optical system including a focus lens, a setting unit that sets a first region in the image signal, a focus detection unit that detects a defocus amount for each divided region of a region in the image signal, a detection unit that detects a second region as a region of a specific subject, based on the image signal, and a control unit that controls the focus lens based on the defocus amount of the divided region included in the second region if the first region and the second region overlap, and controls the focus lens based on the defocus amount of the divided region included in the first region if the first region and the second region do not overlap.

Provided is an imaging device that includes a rear display and an electronic viewfinder and is excellent in operability to a touch panel when an electronic viewfinder is used. When a user performs a touch manipulation on a touch panel installed in a rear display in order to set a focus area, an effective detection area for detecting a touch position is different between when the rear display is used and when the electronic viewfinder is used. When the rear display is used, the effective detection area is set to coincide with the entire display screen, and when the electronic viewfinder is used, the effective detection area is set to be reduced to an area of a part of the display screen of the rear display.

A method and a system for calculating a focusing parameter of a binocular stereo camera, and an intelligent terminal are provided. The method includes: calculating a lower limit value and an upper limit value of a distance measurement range; acquiring a depth-of-field range in accordance with the lower limit value and the upper limit value; calculating a maximum value and a minimum value of an image distance gain corresponding to a real object distance within the depth-of-field range, and calculating an optimal image distance gain in accordance with the maximum value and the minimum value; acquiring an optimal object distance of a focused target in accordance with the optimal image distance gain; and calculating an optimal size of the focused target in accordance with the optimal object distance.

An eye-gaze information acquiring apparatus comprising at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire first eye-gaze information of an observer who observes display unit displaying an image; a pointer display unit configured to display a pointer indicating an eye-gaze position of the observer on the display unit when a display setting is set to on; and a second acquiring unit configured to acquire second eye-gaze information, based on the first eye-gaze information, wherein the second acquiring unit acquires the second eye-gaze information by a different method depending on the display setting of the pointer.

Systems and techniques are described for large field of view imaging. A device's first image sensor captures a first image based on first light from a scene redirected by a light redirection element (e.g., a first prism and/or first reflective surface), and the device's second image sensor captures a second image based on second light from the scene redirected by the light redirection element (e.g., a second prism and/or second reflective surface). The device can modify the first image and/or second image using perspective distortion correction and/or to align one or more properties of two respective depictions of a shared portion of a scene in the two images. The one or more properties can include brightness, contrast, positioning, sharpness, tint, hue, and/or saturation. The device can generate a combined image with a large field of view and smooth transitions by combining the first image and the second image.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one processor configured to obtain a plurality of first images as per a first frame rate using the camera based on a signal related to image recording and control the camera to perform focusing of a lens included in the camera on at least one of one or more objects in the plurality of first images while obtaining the plurality of first images, provide a first portion of the plurality of first images as a preview through the display, control the camera to lock the focusing on the at least one object, identify a designated event for slow motion recording while obtaining the plurality of first images, based at least in part on the designated event, obtain a plurality of second images as per a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate using the camera focusing-locked on the at least one object, and provide a video related to the at least one object using a second portion of the plurality of first images and at least one of the plurality of second images.

A method for assisting a user, who is looking at a screen of a user device, to focus on a camera region of the screen includes receiving image data of the user, the image data being captured by a camera of the user device arranged to the screen close to the camera region; determining user input data indicative of that the user wants assistance to focus on the camera region; determining, based on the user input, gaze tracking data of the user looking at the screen, wherein the gaze tracking data are representative for a gaze area on the screen, at which the user is looking at a time of the user input or shortly before the user input; and displaying a screen content in the gaze area of the screen in the camera region.

An image processing apparatus that can easily change the categories of the main object, comprises, an object detection unit for detecting an object categorized as one of at least two categories from an image, a setting unit for setting a first category as a priority category on an object having a predetermined priority among one of the objects detected by the object detection unit; and a region designation unit for designating a predetermined region on an object on a display screen, wherein the setting unit can change the priority category from the first category to a second category different from the first category when the predetermined region of the object designated by the region designation unit is the second category.

An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture a subject to generate image data; an audio input device configured to input audio to generate an audio signal indicating audio to be collected during image capturing with the image sensor; a setting interface configured to set the imaging apparatus to an auto mode being an operation mode operable to automatically change a directivity of the audio input device in response to an instruction of a user; and a controller configured to control a sound collection area for collecting sound from the subject in the audio signal, wherein with the auto mode being set by the setting interface, the controller is configured to control the sound collection area to cover the subject by changing the directivity of the audio input device in linkage with an image shooting state of the imaging apparatus.