Camera performing photographing in accordance with photographing mode depending on object scene
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorKenichi Kikuchi
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Abstract
A camera includes a CPU. The CPU individually detects a ratio of an object which exceeds a threshold value in a moving amount to a center area of an object scene and a ratio of an object which exceeds the threshold value in the moving amount to a peripheral area of the object scene. If differences between the respective detected ratios are large, the CPU sets a photographing mode to a sports mode. When a shutter button is operated, the object scene is photographed in accordance with a set photographing mode.
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A camera for performing photographing in accordance with a photographing mode corresponding to an object scene, comprising:
- a first measure for measuring a distance to a main object existing in said object scene;
- a specifier for specifying a face area to be occupied by a face of a person from said object scene on the basis of the distance measured by said first measure;
- a detector for detecting a skin color area of said object scene;
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- a determiner for determining the photographing mode on the basis of a relationship between said face area and said skin color area.
A photographing mode determining method of a camera which photographs an object scene, comprising steps of:
- (a) determining a distance to a main object existing in said object scene;
- (b) specifying a face area to be occupied by a face of a person from said object scene on the basis of a distance measured in said step (a);
- (c) detecting a skin color area of said object scene;
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- (d) determining the photographing mode on the basis of a relationship between said face area and said skin color area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.