Granted Patent B2

US 12,411,546 · App. 18/610,231 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Inventors: Yukinori Nishiyama (Saitama, JP); Shinya Fujiwara (Saitama, JP); Masaru Kobayashi (Saitama, JP)

Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation

G06F3/013

Abstract

Claims (40)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire first image data;

output the first image data to a display;

acquire visual line data;

detect, as a gaze position, a visual line position of a case where a state where a variation distance of the visual line position with respect to a first image indicated by the first image data is equal to or shorter than a first distance continues for a first time or longer based on the visual line data; and

set a first region based on two or more gaze positions.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to set, as the first region, a rectangular region having two gaze positions as opposite corners, a circular region having a line connecting the two gaze positions as a diameter, or a closed region defined by connecting a plurality of gaze positions in an order in which the plurality of gaze positions are detected.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case where three or more gaze positions are detected,

set a position at which lines connecting two gaze positions intersect with each other as an intersection position; and

set the first region based on the gaze positions and the intersection position.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein, in a case where the first region having n vertices is set, at least n+1 gaze positions are used.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to:

output data indicating a visual line position mark that specifies the visual line position in the first image until the first time is reached; and

output data indicating a gaze position mark that specifies the gaze position in the first image in a case where the first time is reached.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the visual line position mark changes in form with passage of time.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to set the first region from a plurality of regions included in the first image based on the two or more gaze positions.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information processing apparatus is an imaging apparatus, and

the processor is configured to perform, in a case where a target subject is included as an image in the first region, control to bring the target subject in a depth of field.

9. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring first image data;

outputting the first image data to a display;

acquiring visual line data;

detecting, as a gaze position, a visual line position of a case where a state where a variation distance of the visual line position with respect to a first image indicated by the first image data is equal to or shorter than a first distance continues for a first time or longer based on the visual line data; and

setting a first region based on two or more gaze positions.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

acquiring first image data;

outputting the first image data to a display;

acquiring visual line data;

detecting, as a gaze position, a visual line position of a case where a state where a variation distance of the visual line position with respect to a first image indicated by the first image data is equal to or shorter than a first distance continues for a first time or longer based on the visual line data; and

setting a first region based on two or more gaze positions.

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