Abstract: An information apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a display control unit configured to perform display control of a virtual object so that the virtual object is disposed in a three-dimensional space which becomes a visual field of a user; and a selection unit configured to set the virtual object included in a selection range in the three-dimensional space, which is selected using an operation body at a position of a hand of the user, to a selected state, wherein the selection range is a three-dimensional range determined by expanding a two-dimensional selected region, which the user specifies using the operation body, in the depth direction.

Abstract: A system includes an electronic device having an image sensor that performs shooting by controlling an exposure period of performing photoelectric conversion on incident light and accumulating charge by using electronic shutter and a notification apparatus capable of communicating with the electronic device. Information indicating at least either of an exposure start timing and an exposure end timing of the image sensor is transmitted from the electronic device to the notification apparatus, and notification is performed in the notification apparatus according to at least either of the exposure start timing and the exposure end timing based on the information transmitted from the electronic device.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a first line-of-sight detector configured to capture a first eyeball image as a left eyeball image and detect a first line of sight based on the first eyeball image at a first cycle, and a second line-of-sight detector configured to capture a second eyeball image as a right eyeball image and detect a second line of sight based on the second eyeball image at the first cycle. A timing of starting to capture the first eyeball image and a timing of starting to capture the second eyeball image are different from each other.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of an eyeball illuminated by a plurality of light sources and captured by an image sensor; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire distance information that indicates a distance from the eyeball to the image sensor; and a correction unit configured to correct brightness unevenness of the image with a correction amount in accordance with the distance information.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an area sensor on which photoelectric conversion elements are arranged two-dimensionally, and that includes a plurality of regions, a reading unit for reading, from the area sensor, signals photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion elements, a focus detection unit for performing focus detection using the signals read by the reading unit, and a control unit for performing control as to from which region of the plurality of regions the reading unit preferentially reads the signals of the photoelectric conversion elements.

Abstract: Line-of-sight detection taking into account the shape of the pupil is performed. A central processing unit (CPU) detects a group of contour coordinates of the pupil from an eyeball image obtained as a result of capturing an image of the eyeball of an observer and performs control to perform line-of-sight detection taking into account the shape of the pupil.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that is capable of reducing influence of abnormal reflection light at pre-emission upon determination of an emission amount for main photographing. The image pickup apparatus calculates reflection luminances of reflected light from an object at pre-emission of a lighting device, detects a face area from an image, divides the face area into blocks, calculates a face reflection luminance from a weighted average of reflection luminances of the blocks and first weights of the blocks, calculates a face ambient light luminance from a weighted average of ambient light luminances of the object of the blocks and second weights of the blocks, and determines an emission amount of the lighting device for main photographing with using the face reflection luminance and the ambient light luminance. A first weight of an abnormal luminance block is reduced than that of a block other than the abnormal luminance block.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an area sensor on which photoelectric conversion elements are arranged two-dimensionally, and that includes a plurality of regions, a reading unit for reading, from the area sensor, signals photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion elements, a focus detection unit for performing focus detection using the signals read by the reading unit, and a control unit for performing control as to from which region of the plurality of regions the reading unit preferentially reads the signals of the photoelectric conversion elements.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that is capable of reducing influence of abnormal reflection light at pre-emission upon determination of an emission amount for main photographing. The image pickup apparatus calculates reflection luminances of reflected light from an object at pre-emission of a lighting device, detects a face area from an image, divides the face area into blocks, calculates a face reflection luminance from a weighted average of reflection luminances of the blocks and first weights of the blocks, calculates a face ambient light luminance from a weighted average of ambient light luminances of the object of the blocks and second weights of the blocks, and determines an emission amount of the lighting device for main photographing with using the face reflection luminance and the the ambient light luminance. A first weight of an abnormal luminance block is reduced than that of a block other than the abnormal luminance block.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an area sensor in which photoelectric conversion elements are arranged two-dimensionally, the sensor having a plurality of regions; an exposure control unit that causes the area sensor to be exposed at a given exposure time so that accumulation ends at substantially the same time for the plurality of regions, and reads out, in order, image signals accumulated as a result of the exposure, and a focus detection unit that carries out focus detection using a signal read out from the area sensor, wherein the exposure control unit carries out control for prioritizing the readout of signals from the photoelectric conversion elements in a region or regions among the plurality of regions.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of properly adjusting flash output of a flash unit when taking a photograph. Brightness information is obtained as a result of test flash firing by the flash unit for illuminating a subject. An amount of light to be emitted for shooting by the flash unit is determined based on the brightness information. The test flash firing is controlled by selecting normal flash firing in which the flash unit fires only for a part of a time period during which electric charge is accumulated so as to perform photometry, and intermittent flash firing in which the flash unit fires throughout the time period during which the electric charge is accumulated. When flash firing with a predetermined intensity or higher is not required for the test flash firing, the intermittent flash firing is selected.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a photometric sensor having a plurality of pixels having a sensitivity to an infrared light range and a visible light range, an acquisition unit that divides the photometric sensor into a plurality of pixel groups and acquires image information of the infrared light range and image information of the visible light range in each of the plurality of pixel groups, a subtraction unit that generates a visible light component obtained by subtracting an infrared light component that is based on the image information of the infrared light range from the image information of each of the plurality of pixel groups, and a processing unit that performs at least one of light source determination processing, specific color detection processing, and exposure amount determination processing, using the visible light component generated by the subtraction unit.

Abstract: Automatic focusing where variance in the focus due to a relative shift in mounted positions of sensors is suppressed is performed. An imaging apparatus including a photometric sensor and a ranging sensor includes an image data generating unit configured to generate image data by using the photometric sensor, a detection unit configured to detect a region including an object from the image data generated by the image data generating unit, a determination unit configured to divide the image data into blocks corresponding to discretely arranged ranging points of the ranging sensor, and to determine a proportion of an area occupied by the region including the object for each block, and a focusing unit configured to focus on a ranging point of the ranging sensor corresponding to a block where the area occupied by the region including the object is at a predetermined proportion or more.

Abstract: An exposure control apparatus comprises an acquisition unit including a plurality of pixels that are arranged two-dimensionally, and configured to acquire image data, a compression unit configured to compress the image data and generate compressed data, a calculation unit configured to calculate a first photometric value based on the compressed data, a conversion unit configured to convert the first photometric value into a second photometric value corresponding to the image data before the compression; and an exposure control unit configured to perform exposure control based on the second photometric value.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that is capable of photographing after performing a detection process for light-amount variation characteristics and an object recognition process without increasing processing time. An accumulation unit makes an image pickup device perform a plurality of times of charge storage and charge readout at a predetermined interval to obtain a plurality of images. A photometry unit performs photometry to the plurality of images to obtain a plurality of photometry values. A detection unit detects a light-amount variation characteristic of light from an object based on the plurality photometry values. A combining unit applies a combining process to the plurality of images to obtain an combined image. An object recognition unit applies an object recognition process to detect the object in the combined image.

Abstract: Automatic focusing where variance in the focus due to a relative shift in mounted positions of sensors is suppressed is performed. An imaging apparatus including a photometric sensor and a ranging sensor includes an image data generating unit configured to generate image data by using the photometric sensor, a detection unit configured to detect a region including an object from the image data generated by the image data generating unit, a determination unit configured to divide the image data into blocks corresponding to discretely arranged ranging points of the ranging sensor, and to determine a proportion of an area occupied by the region including the object for each block, and a focusing unit configured to focus on a ranging point of the ranging sensor corresponding to a block where the area occupied by the region including the object is at a predetermined proportion or more.

Abstract: An exposure control apparatus comprises an acquisition unit including a plurality of pixels that are arranged two-dimensionally, and configured to acquire image data, a compression unit configured to compress the image data and generate compressed data, a calculation unit configured to calculate a first photometric value based on the compressed data, a conversion unit configured to convert the first photometric value into a second photometric value corresponding to the image data before the compression; and an exposure control unit configured to perform exposure control based on the second photometric value.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that is capable of photographing after performing a detection process for light-amount variation characteristics and an object recognition process without increasing processing time. An accumulation unit makes an image pickup device perform a plurality of times of charge storage and charge readout at a predetermined interval to obtain a plurality of images. A photometry unit performs photometry to the plurality of images to obtain a plurality of photometry values. A detection unit detects a light-amount variation characteristic of light from an object based on the plurality photometry values. A combining unit applies a combining process to the plurality of images to obtain an combined image. An object recognition unit applies an object recognition process to detect the object in the combined image.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a photometric sensor having a plurality of pixels having a sensitivity to an infrared light range and a visible light range, an acquisition unit that divides the photometric sensor into a plurality of pixel groups and acquires image information of the infrared light range and image information of the visible light range in each of the plurality of pixel groups, a subtraction unit that generates a visible light component obtained by subtracting an infrared light component that is based on the image information of the infrared light range from the image information of each of the plurality of pixel groups, and a processing unit that performs at least one of light source determination processing, specific color detection processing, and exposure amount determination processing, using the visible light component generated by the subtraction unit.

Abstract: There is provided an imaging apparatus capable of reducing effects given by an object outside a dynamic range of the camera, and capturing an object image with appropriate exposure, when a camera performs imaging. The imaging apparatus is configured to separate image data into a plurality of blocks, extract a specific-color block using an average value of each color component acquired using only a pixel group whose pixel output is included within a predetermined range and the number of the groups, set a weighting coefficient of an exposure-amount calculation for the block to be determined as the specific color, and set the exposure based on the weighting coefficient and an average value of brightness acquired using only the pixel groups whose pixel output and the average value of the brightness of the block are included within the predetermined range.