Face image photographic apparatus and face image photographic method

A face image photographing method comprising the steps of:

• photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• measuring the size of a face of the to-be-photographed person based on the photographed face image;
• and
• obtaining a face image with a constant size by subjecting the photographed face image to a zooming process according to the measured value of the size of the face measured.

A face image photographing method comprising the steps of:

• photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• measuring the size of a face of the to-be-photographed person based on the photographed face image;
• determining whether the measured value of the face size measured is within a specified range;
• obtaining a face image with a constant size by subjecting the photographed face image to a zooming process according to the measured value of the measured face size when it is determined in said determining step that the measured value of the face size is within the specified range;
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• effecting a retry control process for causing a process including said face image photographing step, said face size measuring step and said step of determining whether the measured value of the face size measured is within the specified range to be effected again when it is determined in said determining step that the measured value of the face size measured is outside the specified range.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• photographing means for photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• measuring means for measuring the size of a face of the to-be-photographed person based on the face image photographed by said photographing means;
• and
• zoom processing means for obtaining a face image with a constant size by subjecting the photographed face image to a zooming process according to the measured value of the face size measured by said measuring means.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• photographing means for photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• measuring means for measuring the size of a face of the to-be-photographed person based on the face image photographed by said photographing means;
• determining means for determining whether a measured value of the face size measured by said measuring means is within a specified range;
• zoom processing means for obtaining a face image with a constant size by subjecting the face image photographed by said photographing means to a zooming process according to the measured value of the face size measured by said measuring means when said determining means determines that the measured value of the face size lies within the specified range;
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• retry control means for causing the face image photographing process by said photographing means, the face size measuring process by said measuring means and the process by said determining means for determining whether the measured value of the face size is within the specified range to be effected again when said determining means determines that the measured value of the face size is outside the specified range.

A face image photographing method comprising the steps of:

• photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• determining whether the to-be-photographed person is set in a photographing possible state based on the photographed face image;
• and
• selecting the photographed face image as a photographing image when it is determined in said photographing possible state determining step that the to-be-photographed person is set in the photographing possible state.

A face image photographing method comprising the steps of:

• photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person by plural times and fetching the photographed face images as a plurality of images;
• determining whether the to-be-photographed person is set in a photographing possible state by monitoring the states of at least eyes and mouth of the face of the to-be-photographed person based on the plurality of fetched images;
• and
• selecting one of the plurality of fetched images which is optimum for outputting as a photographing image when it is determined in said photographing possible state determining step that the to-be-photographed person is set in the photographing possible state.

A face image photographing method comprising the steps of:

• photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person by use of photographing means;
• detecting that the to-be-photographed person lies within a photographing range of the photographing means based on an output of the photographing means;
• guiding the to-be-photographed person to make preparation for photographing when the to-be-photographed person is detected in the photographing range;
• determining whether the to-be-photographed person is set in a photographing possible state based on the face image photographed by the photographing means after said guiding step;
• and
• selecting the face image photographed by the photographing means as a photographing image when it is determined in said photographing possible state determining step that the to-be-photographed person is set in the photographing possible state.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• photographing means for photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• determining means for determining whether the to-be-photographed person is set in a photographing possible state based on the photographed face image;
• and
• selecting means for selecting the face image photographed by said photographing means as a photographing image when it is determined by said determining means that the to-be-photographed person is set in the photographing possible state.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• photographing means for photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person by plural times and fetching the photographed face images as a plurality of images;
• determining means for determining whether the to-be-photographed person is set in a photographing possible state by monitoring the states of at least eyes and mouth of the face of the to-be-photographed person based on the plurality of images fetched by said photographing means;
• and
• selecting means for selecting one of the plurality of images fetched by said photographing means which is optimum for outputting as a photographing image when it is determined by said determining means that the to-be-photographed person is set in the photographing possible state.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• photographing means for photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• to-be-photographed person detecting means for detecting that the to-be-photographed person lies within a photographing range of the photographing means based on an output of said photographing means;
• photographing guiding means for guiding the to-be-photographed person to make preparation for photographing when the to-be-photographed person is detected in the photographing range by said to-be-photographed person detecting means;
• determining means for determining whether the to-be-photographed person is set in a photographing possible state based on the face image photographed by said photographing means after the guiding process by said photographing guiding means;
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• selecting means for selecting the face image photographed by said photographing means as a photographing image when it is determined by said determining means that the to-be-photographed person is set in the photographing possible state.

A face image photographing method comprising the steps of:

• photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• detecting the position of pupils based on the photographed face image;
• recognizing the state of the pupils based on the detected pupil position to determine whether the pupils are normally opened;
• and
• causing the face image photographing process, the pupil position detecting process and the determination process whether the pupils are normally opened to be effected again when it is determined in said determining step that at least one of the pupils is not normally opened.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• photographing means for photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• detecting means for detecting the position of pupils based on the face image photographed by said photographing means;
• determining means for recognizing the state of the pupils based on the pupil position detected by said detecting means to determine whether the pupils are normally opened;
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• retry control means for causing the face image photographing process by said photographing means, the pupil position detecting process by said detecting means and the process by said determining means for determining whether the pupils are normally opened to be effected again when it is determined by said determining means that at least one of the pupils is not normally opened.

A face image photographing method comprising the steps of:

• photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• detecting the position of pupils based on the photographed face image;
• recognizing the state of the pupils based on the detected pupil position to determine whether the pupils are normally opened;
• outputting the photographed face image as a photographing image or as a printed image, or to an image storage medium, when it is determined in said determining step that the pupils are normally opened;
• and
• causing the face image photographing process, the pupil position detecting process and the process for determining whether the pupil is normally opened to be effected again when it is determined in said determining step that at least one of the pupils is not normally opened.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• photographing means for photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• detecting means for detecting the position of pupils based on the face image photographed by said photographing means;
• determining means for recognizing the state of the pupils based on the pupil position detected by said detecting means to determine whether the pupils are normally opened;
• image output means for outputting the face image photographed by said photographing means as a photographing image or as a printed image, when it is determined by said determining means that the pupils are normally opened;
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• retry control means for causing the face image photographing process by said photographing means, the pupil position detecting process by said detecting means and the process by said determining means for determining whether the pupil is normally opened to be effected again when it is determined by said determining means that at least one of the pupils is not normally opened.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• photographing means for photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• detecting means for detecting the position of pupils based on the face image photographed by said photographing means;
• determining means for recognizing the state of the pupils based on the pupil position detected by said detecting means to determine whether the pupils are normally opened;
• image storing means for storing the face image photographed by said photographing means when it is determined by said determining means that the pupils are normally opened;
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• retry control means for causing the face image photographing process by said photographing means, the pupil position detecting process by said detecting means and the process by said determining means for determining whether the pupils are normally opened to be effected again when it is determined by said determining means that at least one of the pupils is not normally opened.

A face image photographing method comprising the steps of:

• photographing at least face images of a to-be-photographed person and fetching the face images as successive images of a plurality of frames;
• storing the fetched successive images of the plurality of frames as a backup image;
• printing and outputting an image of a preset frame in the stored successive images of the plurality of frames;
• selecting an image of a desired frame suitable for outputting of the face image from the stored successive images of the plurality of frames when the printed and output image is not adequate;
• and
• printing and outputting the selected image.

A face image photographing method comprising the steps of:

• photographing at least face images of a to-be-photographed person and fetching the face images as successive images of a plurality of frames;
• storing the fetched successive images of the plurality of frames as a backup image;
• recognizing the state of pupils based on the image of a preset frame in the stored successive images of the plurality of frames and determining whether the pupil state is suitable for printing/outputting of the face image;
• printing and outputting the image of the preset frame when it is determined in said determining step that the pupil state is suitable for printing/outputting of the face image;
• causing said determining step to be effected again by use of an image of a frame next to the image of the preset frame in the stored successive images of the plurality of frames when it is determined in said determining step that the pupil state is not suitable for printing/outputting of the face image;
• selecting an image of a desired frame suitable for outputting of the face image from the stored successive images of the plurality of frames when the printed and output image is not adequate;
• and
• printing and outputting the selected image.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• image fetching means for photographing at least face images of a to-be-photographed person and fetching the face images as successive images of a plurality of frames;
• image storing means for storing the successive images of the plurality of frames fetched by said image fetching means as a backup image;
• first printing/outputting means for printing and outputting an image of a preset frame in the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means;
• image selecting means for selecting an image of a desired frame suitable for outputting of the face image from the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means when the image printed and output by said first printing/outputting means is not adequate;
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• second printing/outputting means for printing and outputting the image selected by said image selecting means.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• image fetching means for photographing at least face images of a to-be-photographed person and fetching the face images as successive images of a plurality of frames;
• image storing means for storing the successive images of the plurality of frames fetched by said image fetching means as a backup image;
• determining means for recognizing the state of pupils based on the image of a preset frame in the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means and determining whether the pupil state is suitable for printing/outputting of the face image;
• first printing/outputting means for printing and outputting the image of the preset frame when said determining means determines that the pupil state is suitable for printing/outputting of the face image;
• retry control means for causing said determining means to effect the determining process again by use of an image of a frame next to the image of the preset frame in the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means when said determining means determines that the pupil state is not suitable for printing/outputting of the face image;
• image selecting means for selecting an image of a desired frame suitable for outputting of the face image from the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means when the image printed and output by said first printing/outputting means is not adequate;
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• second printing/outputting means for printing and outputting the image selected by said image selecting means.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• image fetching means for photographing at least face images of a to-be-photographed person and fetching the face images as successive images of a plurality of frames;
• image storing means for storing the successive images of the plurality of frames fetched by said image fetching means as a backup image;
• first determining means for recognizing the state of pupils based on the image of a preset frame in the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means and determining whether the pupil state is suitable for printing/outputting of the face image;
• first printing/outputting means for printing and outputting the image of the preset frame when said first determining means determines that the pupil state is suitable for printing/outputting of the face image;
• retry control means for causing said determining means to effect the determining process again by use of an image of a frame next to the image of the preset frame in the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means when said first determining means determines that the pupil state is not suitable for printing/outputting of the face image;
• second determining means for counting the number of retry processes by said retry control means and determining whether the counted value reaches a preset specified value;
• error processing means for effecting an error process when said second determining means determines that the number of retry processes reaches the specified value;
• image selecting means for selecting an image of a desired frame suitable for outputting of the face image from the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means when the image printed and output by said first printing/outputting means is not adequate;
• and
• second printing/outputting means for printing and outputting the image selected by said image selecting means.

A face image photographing method comprising the steps of:

• photographing at least face images of a to-be-photographed person and fetching the face images as successive images of a plurality of frames;
• storing the fetched successive images of the plurality of frames as a backup image;
• storing and outputting an image of a preset frame in the stored successive images of the plurality of frames with respect to one of a storage device such as a filing device and other storage medium;
• selecting an image of a desired frame suitable for outputting of the face image from the stored successive images of the plurality of frames when the output image is not adequate;
• and
• outputting the selected image.

A face image photographing method comprising the steps of:

• photographing at least face images of a to-be-photographed person and fetching the face images as successive images of a plurality of frames;
• storing the fetched successive images of the plurality of frames as a backup image;
• recognizing the state of pupils based on the image of a preset frame in the stored successive images of the plurality of frames and determining whether the pupil state is suitable for printing/outputting of the face image;
• storing and outputting the image of the preset frame with respect to one of a storage device such as a filing device and other storage medium when it is determined in said determining step that the pupil state is suitable for outputting of the face image;
• causing said determining step to be effected again by use of an image of a frame next to the image of the preset frame in the stored successive images of the plurality of frames when it is determined in said determining step that the pupil state is not suitable for outputting of the face image;
• selecting an image of a desired frame suitable for outputting of the face image from the stored successive images of the plurality of frames when the output image is not adequate;
• and
• outputting the selected image.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• image fetching means for photographing at least face images of a to-be-photographed person and fetching the face images as successive images of a plurality of frames;
• image storing means for storing the successive images of the plurality of frames fetched by said image fetching means as a backup image;
• first outputting means for storing and outputting the image of a preset frame in the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means with respect to one of a storage device such as a filing device and other storage medium;
• image selecting means for selecting an image of a desired frame suitable for outputting of the face image from the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means when the image output by said first outputting means is not adequate;
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• second outputting means for outputting the image selected by said image selecting means.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• image fetching means for photographing at least face images of a to-be-photographed person and fetching the face images as successive images of a plurality of frames;
• image storing means for storing the successive images of the plurality of frames fetched by said image fetching means as a backup image;
• determining means for recognizing the state df pupils based on the image of a preset frame in the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means and determining whether the pupil state is suitable for printing/outputting of the face image;
• first outputting means for outputting the image of the preset frame to one of a storage device such as a filing device and other storage medium when said determining means determines that the pupil state is suitable for outputting of the face image;
• retry control means for causing said determining means to effect the determining process again by use of an image of a frame next to the image of the preset frame in the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means when said determining means determines that the pupil state is not suitable for outputting of the face image;
• image selecting means for selecting an image of a desired frame suitable for outputting of the face image from the successive images of the plurality of frames stored in said image storing means when the image output by said first outputting means is not adequate;
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• second outputting means for outputting the image selected by said image selecting means.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• photographing means for photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• indicating means for indicating a reference position (which is a glabella portion of the face) with respect to the position of pupils based on the face image photographed by said photographing means;
• calculating means for calculating a cut-out range of the face image photographed by said photographing means based on the reference position indicated by said indicating means;
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• image outputting means for outputting a cut-out image of the face image photographed by said photographing means based on the cut-out range calculated by said calculating means.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• photographing means for photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• indicating means for indicating a reference position with respect to the position of pupils based on the face image photographed by said photographing means;
• calculating means for calculating an area containing the pupils based on the reference position indicated by said indicating means;
• determining means for recognizing the pupil state based on at least the face image of the to-be-photographed person in the area containing the pupils calculated by said calculating means;
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• image outputting means for outputting the face image photographed by said photographing means as a photographing image when said determining means determines that the pupils are normally opened.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• photographing means for photographing at least a face image of a to-be-photographed person;
• indicating means for indicating a reference position with respect to the position of pupils based on the face image photographed by said photographing means;
• calculating means for calculating an area containing the pupils based on the reference position indicated by said indicating means;
• determining means for recognizing the pupil state based on at least the face image of the to-be-photographed person in the area containing the pupils calculated by said calculating means;
• image outputting means for outputting the face image photographed by said photographing means as a photographing image when said determining means determines that the pupils are normally opened;
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• retry control means for causing the face image photographing process, the process for indicating the reference position with respect to the pupil positions, the process for calculating the pupil positions, and the process for determining whether the pupils are normally opened to be effected again when said determining means determines that at lest one of the pupils is not normally opened.

A face image photographing apparatus comprising:

• image fetching means for photographing at least face images of a to-be-photographed person and fetching the face images as successive images of a plurality of frames;
• display means for sequentially displaying the successive images of the plurality of frames fetched by said image fetching means;
• image selecting means for selecting an image of a desired frame suitable for outputting of the face image from the successive images of the plurality of frames displayed on said display means;
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• output means for outputting an image of a frame displayed on said display means immediately before the image is selected by said image selecting means as an image of a desired frame suitable for outputting of the face image.