Face image photographing apparatus and face image photographing method

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;
• and
• 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.