Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and image capturing program

An image capturing method comprising;

• a necessary image type storing step of storing types of images necessary for making an album including a plurality of images;
• a captured image storing step of storing captured images;
• a captured image type judging step of judging whether a type of image stored in said captured image storing step corresponds to either of the types of necessary images stored in said necessary image type storing step;
• a captured image type storing step of storing an image type judged in said captured image type judging step in association with the image stored in said captured image storing step, the image type being judged in said captured image type judging step that the type corresponds to either of the necessary image types stored in said necessary image type storing step;
• an image type comparing step of comparing the image type stored in said necessary image type storing step and the image type already stored in said captured image type storing step to judge a type of image that is stored in said necessary image type storing step but is not yet stored in said captured image type storing step;
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• an image capturing instructing step of previously instructing a user to take an image of the type not yet stored in said captured image type storing step, which is judged in said image type comparing step, before taking the image.

An image capturing program for an image capturing apparatus that previously instructs a user to take an image before taking the image, the program making the image capturing apparatus function as;

• a necessary image type storing section that stores types of images necessary for making an album including a plurality of images;
• a captured image storing section that stores captured images;
• a captured image type judging section that judges whether a type of image stored on said captured image storing section corresponds to either of the types of necessary images stored on said necessary image type storing section;
• a captured image type storing section that stores an image type judged by said captured image type judging section in association with the image stored on said captured image storing section, the image type being judged by said captured image type judging section that the type corresponds to either of the necessary image types stored on said necessary image type storing section;
• an image type comparing section that compares the image type stored on said necessary image type storing section and the image type already stored on said captured image type storing section to judge a type of image that is stored on said necessary image type storing section but is not yet stored on said captured image type storing section;
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• an image capturing instructing section that previously instructs a user to take an image of the type not yet stored on said captured image type storing section, which is judged by said image type comparing section, before taking the image.

An image capturing apparatus comprising:

• an image capturing section that receives light of an image capturing area to acquire a captured image;
• an object specifying section that specifies an object included in the captured image acquired from said image capturing section;
• a posterization image generating section that generates a posterization image of the object specified by said object specifying section;
• a displaying section that displays the posterization image generated from said posterization image generating section;
• an imaging instruction inputting section that makes a user input an instruction of an imaging operation when said displaying section displays the posterization image;
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• a captured image recording section that records the captured image acquired from said image capturing section when the instruction from the user is input into said imaging instruction inputting section.

An image capturing method comprising:

• an object specifying step of specifying an object included in a captured image acquired from an image capturing section by receiving light of an image capturing area;
• a posterization image generating step of generating a posterization image of the object specified in said object specifying step;
• a displaying step of displaying the posterization image generated in said posterization image generating step;
• an imaging instruction inputting step of making a user input an instruction of an imaging operation when the posterization image is displayed in said displaying step;
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• a captured image recording step of recording the captured image acquired from the image capturing section when the instruction from the user is input in said imaging instruction inputting step.

An image capturing program for an image capturing apparatus that takes a captured image for a posterization image, the program making the image capturing apparatus function as:

• an image capturing section that receives light of an image capturing area to acquire a captured image;
• an object specifying section that specifies an object included in the captured image acquired from said image capturing section;
• a posterization image generating section that generates a posterization image of the object specified by said object specifying section;
• a displaying section that displays the posterization image generated from said posterization image generating section;
• an imaging instruction inputting section that makes a user input an instruction of an imaging operation when said displaying section displays the posterization image;
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• a captured image recording section that records the captured image acquired from said image capturing section when the instruction from the user is input into said imaging instruction inputting section.

An image capturing apparatus comprising:

• an image capturing section that receives light of an image capturing area to acquire a captured image;
• a main subject specifying section that specifies a main subject included in the captured image acquired from said image capturing section;
• a trimming section that trims off the main subject specified by said main subject specifying section from the captured image to generate a trimming image;
• a displaying section that displays the trimming image generated from said trimming section;
• an imaging instruction inputting section that makes a user input an instruction of an imaging operation when said displaying section displays the trimming image;
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• a captured image recording section that records the captured image acquired from said image capturing section when the instruction from the user is input into said imaging instruction inputting section.

An image capturing method comprising:

• a main subject specifying step of specifying a main subject included in a captured image acquired from an image capturing section by receiving light of an image capturing area;
• a trimming step of trimming off the main subject specified in said main subject specifying step from the captured image to generate a trimming image;
• a displaying step of displaying the trimming image generated in said trimming step by a displaying section;
• an imaging instruction inputting step of making a user input an instruction of an imaging operation when the displaying section displays the trimming image;
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• a captured image recording step of recording the captured image acquired from the image capturing section when the instruction from the user is input in said imaging instruction inputting step.

An image capturing program for an image capturing apparatus, the program making the image capturing apparatus function as:

• an image capturing section that receives light of an image capturing area to acquire a captured image;
• a main subject specifying section that specifies a main subject included in the captured image acquired from said image capturing section;
• a trimming section that trims off the main subject specified by said main subject specifying section from the captured image to generate a trimming image;
• a displaying section that displays the trimming image generated from said trimming section;
• an imaging instruction inputting section that makes a user input an instruction of an imaging operation when the displaying section displays the trimming image;
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• a captured image recording section that records the captured image acquired from said image capturing section when the instruction from the user is input into said imaging instruction inputting section.