US 2024/0179392 A1 · PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN

Abstract

A photographing apparatus includes a camera; a light-emitting device provided in the vicinity of the camera; a human sensor that detects a photographic subject; first light emission control means for controlling light emission of the light-emitting device in accordance with a first mode when the photographic subject is detected; detection means for detecting that a photograph-taking timing has arrived when an interocular distance of the photographic subject in an image generated by the camera in accordance with the first mode becomes at least a prescribed distance; and second light emission control means for controlling light emission of the light-emitting device, at the photograph-taking timing, in accordance with a second mode in which a light emission intensity is higher than in the first mode.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for facial authentication comprising:

a camera;
a light-emitter provided in a vicinity of the camera;
at least one memory configured to store instructions;
and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
control light emission in accordance with a first mode for drawing a subject's attention towards the camera;
control light emission in accordance with a second mode for capturing an image for facial authentication which is different from the first mode;
and
acquire the image of the subject being made to face the camera by controlling the light emission in accordance with the first mode.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Photographing apparatus, photographing method, and storage medium having program stored therein

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Photographing apparatus, photographing method, and storage medium having program stored therein

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