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US 6,807,294 B2Granted
Image capturing device
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshiro Yamazaki
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Abstract
In a digital still camera, it is determined whether a current photographing is performed in a document copy mode provided for precisely photographing a document or bar code, and if not, another determination is made as to whether the current photographing is performed under a particular image capturing condition including a resolution and a photographing distance. Further, if a determination that a paper money or security is photographed is affirmative, a predetermined image is overwritten on an image obtained by the photographing.
Claims17
An image capturing device comprising:
- an image capturing portion which photographs an optical image and converts the optical image into image information;
- a determination portion for deciding whether or not an image represented by image information obtained by photographing by the image capturing portion includes a predetermined pattern;
- a processing portion for performing a predetermined process in a case where a determination that the image includes the predetermined pattern is made by the determination portion;
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- a prohibiting portion which prohibits the determination by the determination portion in any case other than a case where photographing of an optical image is performed in at least one of a particular photographing mode and a particular image capturing condition suitable for photographing a subject corresponding to the predetermined pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.