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US 7,248,300 B1Granted
Camera and method of photographing good image
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorShuji Ono
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Abstract
A camera includes a release button, an input unit, an A/D converter, a memory, a control unit, an alarm, a recording unit and an output unit. The memory stores data for the image converted by the A/D converter. The control unit judges whether or not the image stored in the memory satisfies a predetermined photographing condition and outputs a timing signal when the image satisfies the photographing condition. The alarm outputs an alarm signal to a photographer. The recording unit records the refined image on a recording medium. The output unit outputs the refined image.
Claims17
A camera comprising:
- an image data input unit forming an image of a subject for photographing said subject;
- a condition storing unit storing a predetermined photographing condition relating to at least one of an expression and characteristic feature of an aimed object in the image of the subject;
- an extractor extracting data of said aimed object from said image of said subject based on an extracting condition;
- a detecting unit detecting a condition of said aimed object on said image, and said detecting unit detecting a satisfaction of said condition of said aimed object with said predetermined photographing condition;
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- a timing signal generator automatically outputting a timing signal when said detecting unit detects the satisfaction of said photographing condition,
- wherein said extractor is adapted to identify candidate aimed objects in said image of said subject based on depth information of said image indicating the distance from the camera to parts of said subject,
- said photographing condition includes a predetermined condition related to said aimed object and said timing signal generator outputs said timing signal when said aimed object satisfies said photographing condition,
- said extractor detects data of a judgement location from said data of said aimed object in said image based on a detecting condition different from said extracting condition,
- said photographing condition includes a predetermined photographing condition related to a desirable judgement location, and
- said timing signal generator outputs said timing signal when said judgement location satisfies said photographing condition.
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A method of photographing an image of a subject comprising:
- storing a predetermined photographing condition relating to at least one of an expression and characteristic feature of an aimed object in the image of the subject;
- extracting data of said aimed object from said image of said subject based on an extracting condition;
- detecting a condition of said aimed object on said image;
- automatically detecting a satisfaction of said condition of said aimed object with said predetermined photographing condition;
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- automatically outputting a timing signal when the satisfaction of said predetermined photographing condition is automatically detected
- wherein said extracting step identifies at least one candidate aimed object in said image of said subject based on depth information of said image indicating the distance from the camera to parts of said subject,
- said photographing condition includes a predetermined condition related to said aimed object,
- said timing signal is output when said aimed object satisfies said photographing condition,
- said extracting includes detecting data of a judgement location from said data of said aimed object in said image based on a detecting condition different from said extracting condition,
- said photographing condition includes a predetermined photographing condition related to a desirable judgement location, and
- said timing signal is output when said judgement location satisfies said photographing condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.