Camera with a function of automatically setting shooting conditions and shooting method
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshihiro TESHIMA
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Abstract
A camera with a function of automatically setting shooting conditions, is provided with a memory storing plural pieces of feature information of an object corresponding to different positions, respectively, the feature information of an object representing features of the object, a judging unit for, when a shooting operation is performed with the camera at a position to obtain an image, obtaining from the memory feature information corresponding to the camera position and judging whether or not an object corresponding to the obtained feature information is found in the image obtained in the shooting operation, and a shooting-operation controller for changing shooting conditions depending on the judgment made by the judging unit.
Claims17
A camera, comprising:
- a storing unit for storing plural pieces of feature information of an object corresponding to plural different positions, respectively, the feature information representing features of the object;
- a judging unit for, when a shooting operation is performed with the camera at a position to obtain an image, obtaining from the storing unit feature information corresponding to the position where the shooting operation is performed with the camera and judging whether or not an object corresponding to the obtained feature information is found in the image obtained in the shooting operation, wherein the object corresponding to the obtained feature information is an object whose features are represented by the obtained feature information;
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- a shooting-operation controlling unit for changing a shooting process to be performed in the shooting operation depending on the judgment made by the judging unit.
A shooting method using a camera, wherein the camera is provided with a storing unit, which stores plural pieces of feature information of an object corresponding to different positions, respectively, the feature information representing features of the object, the method comprising the steps of:
- a judging step of, when a shooting operation is performed with the camera at a position to obtain an image, obtaining from the storing unit feature information corresponding to the position where the shooting operation is performed with the camera and judging whether or not an object corresponding to the obtained feature information is found in the image obtained in the shooting operation, wherein the object corresponding to the obtained feature information is an object whose features are represented by the obtained feature information;
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- a shooting-operation controlling step of changing shooting conditions depending on the judgment made at the judging step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.