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US 11,539,892 B2Granted
Imaging device, imaging method, and program
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorTakahiro Sato
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Abstract
The present technology relates to an imaging device, an imaging method, and a program that make it possible to easily perform imaging focusing on a subject or a specific part of the subject. The imaging device causes a preliminary-notice frame that gives notice of a specific area to be focused to be displayed on an image obtained by an imaging unit according to a type of the subject. The present technology can be applied to an imaging device.
Claims19
An imaging device comprising:
- memory configured to:
- store, when the memory receives an image from an imaging unit, the image from the group consisting of a moving image and a still image,
- a subject area detection unit configured to:
- detect, in the image when the subject area detection unit receives the image from the memory, a subject area, and
- detect, when the subject area detection unit detects the subject area, a specific part within the subject area, and
- a display control unit configured to:
- control, before the subject area detection unit detects the subject area, a display unit to display the image on a display screen,
- control, when the subject area detection unit detects the subject area, the display unit to superimpose a preliminary-notice frame on the display screen so that the preliminary-notice frame surrounds the subject area on the display screen, and
- control, when the display control unit replaces the preliminary-notice frame with a specific part frame, the display unit to superimpose the specific part frame on the display screen so that the specific part frame surrounds the specific part on the display screen.
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An imaging method comprising:
- storing, by memory when the memory receives an image from an imaging unit, the image from the group consisting of a moving image and a still image;
- detecting, by a subject area detection unit when the subject area detection unit receives the image from the memory, a subject area in the image;
- detecting, by the subject area detection unit when the subject area detection unit detects the subject area, a specific part within the subject area;
- controlling, by a display control unit before the subject area detection unit detects the subject area, a display unit to display the image on a display screen;
- controlling, by the display control unit when the subject area detection unit detects the subject area, the display unit to superimpose a preliminary-notice frame on the display screen so that the preliminary-notice frame surrounds the subject area on the display screen;
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- controlling, by the display control unit when the display control unit replaces the preliminary-notice frame with a specific part frame, the display unit to superimpose the specific part frame on the display screen so that the specific part frame surrounds the specific part on the display screen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.