US 2003/0071908 A1 · Image pickup device, automatic focusing method, automatic exposure method, electronic flash control method and computer program

Abstract

There are provided an image memory which stores one image of a subject, an image fetch section which takes in an image from the image memory to another memory or register in a predetermined unit, a control section which takes charge of the overall control, a face characteristic storage section which stores a plurality of characteristics of a face, a recognition and judgment section which recognizes a face from the data from the image fetch section and the data from the face characteristic storage section and judges each portion, an edge detector which detects an edge detection value from the result data thereof, and an output section which outputs the final judgment result to the outside.

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Dependent claims

An image pickup device provided with an automatic focusing function, comprising:

an image pickup unit which inputs image data corresponding to a subject;
a face detection unit which detects a human face from the image data input from the image pickup unit;
and
an automatic focusing control unit which performs automatic focusing control, designating at least a part of the human face detected by the face detection unit as arranging area.

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An image pickup device provided with an automatic exposure function, comprising:

an image pickup unit which inputs image data corresponding to a subject;
a face detection unit which detects a human face from the image data input from the image pickup unit;
a photometric unit which measures optical intensity, designating the human face detected by the face detection unit as a photometric area;
and
an exposure control unit which calculates the exposure based on the photometric result of the human face by the photometric unit, and performs exposure control based on the calculated exposure.

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An image pickup device provided with an electronic flash function, comprising:

an image pickup unit which inputs image data corresponding to a subject;
a face detection unit which detects a human face from the image data input from the image pickup unit;
an electronic flashing unit for emitting electronic flash light;
and
an electronic flash control unit which controls the electronic flashing unit based on the detection result of the human face by the face detection unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Image pickup device, automatic focusing method, automatic exposure method, electronic flash control method and computer program

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Image pickup device, automatic focusing method, automatic exposure method, electronic flash control method and computer program

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Abstract

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