Patent ID: 11966155
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A method for controlling an imaging apparatus including an image sensor and a specific operation member, the method comprising:
controlling a display unit to display an autofocus (AF) frame indicating an AF position together with a live image obtained by capturing by the image sensor; and
detecting a position of a line-of-sight of a user in order to specify an autofocus (AF) position using the line-of-sight of the user,
wherein, in the controlling, control is performed so that:
(i) in response to a predetermined operation on the specific operation member,
in a first AF mode, an object as a tracking target is determined based on the detected position of the line-of-sight, the object as the tracking target is tracked, and the AF position is moved according to a movement of the object as the tracking target and,
in a second AF mode, the AF position is determined based on the detected position of the line-of-sight and, even if the detected position of the line-of-sight has been moved, the determined AF position is fixed without being moved,

(ii) while no operation is performed on the specific operation member,
in a case where a predetermined setting regarding the line-of-sight is set, the AF frame is displayed following the position of the line-of-sight detected by the line-of-sight detection unit, and a line-of-sight pointer indicating the position of the line-of-sight is not displayed, and,
in a case where the predetermined setting regarding the line-of-sight is not set, the AF frame is displayed without moving the AF frame based on the position of the line-of-sight detected by the line-of-sight detection unit, and the line-of-sight pointer is displayed following the position of the line-of-sight detected by the line-of-sight detection unit.