Image-taking apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorSatoshi Okamoto
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Abstract
An image-taking apparatus includes: a face-detecting section that detects a face in a subject image; and a face-metering section that meters individual faces when the faces are detected by the face-detecting section, thereby obtaining metered values for the respective faces. The apparatus further includes a calculation section that calculates correct exposure values for the respective faces based on the metered values obtained by the face-metering section. The apparatus further includes a shooting section that performs, in response to a single shooting instruction, shootings with correct exposures for the respective faces based on the correct exposure values for the respective faces calculated by the calculation section.
Claims8
An image-taking apparatus that includes an imaging device and generates image data representing a subject image formed on the imaging device in response to a shooting operation, the apparatus comprising:
- a face-detecting section that detects a face in the subject image;
- a face-metering section that meters individual faces when the faces are detected by the face-detecting section, thereby obtaining metered values for the respective faces;
- a determination section that determines correct exposure values for the respective faces based on the metered values obtained by the face-metering section;
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- a shooting section that performs, in response to a single shooting instruction, shootings with correct exposures for the respective faces based on the correct exposure values for the respective faces determined by the determination section.
An image-taking apparatus that includes an imaging device and generates image data representing a subject image formed on the imaging device in response to a shooting operation, the apparatus comprising:
- a face-detecting section that detects a face in the subject image;
- a metering section that meters brightness in a shooting area and also meters individual faces when the faces are detected by the face-detecting section, thereby obtaining a metered value for the shooting area and metered values for the respective faces;
- a determination section that determines an average correct exposure value for the shooting area based on the metered value for the shooting area obtained by the metering section, and also determines correct exposure values for the respective faces based on the metered values for the respective faces obtained by the metering section;
- a shooting section that, in response to a single shooting instruction, performs a shooting with a correct exposure for the shooting area based on the correct exposure value for the shooting area determined by the determination section, and also performs shootings with correct exposures for the respective faces based on the correct exposure values for the respective faces determined by the determination section;
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- a replacement section that replaces pieces of image data representing faces in image data generated by the shooting based on the average correct exposure value for the shooting area determined by the determination section, with pieces of image data representing the corresponding faces in image data generated by the shootings performed by the shooting section.
An image-taking apparatus that includes an imaging device and generates image data representing a subject image formed on the imaging device in response to a shooting operation, the apparatus comprising:
- a face-detecting section that detects a face in the subject image;
- a metering section that meters brightness in a shooting area and also meters individual faces when the faces are detected by the face-detecting section, thereby obtaining a metered value for the shooting area and metered values for the respective faces;
- a determination section that determines an average correct exposure value for the shooting area based on the metered value for the shooting area obtained by the metering section, and also determines correct exposure values for the respective faces based on the metered values for the respective faces obtained by the metering section;
- a shooting section that, in response to a single shooting instruction, performs a shooting with a correct exposure for the shooting area based on the correct exposure value for the shooting area determined by the determination section, and also performs shootings with correct exposures for the respective faces based on the correct exposure values for the respective faces determined by the determination section;
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- an adjustment section that adjusts pieces of image data representing faces in image data generated by the shooting based on the average correct exposure value for the shooting area determined by the determination section, to pieces of image data identical to pieces of image data representing the corresponding faces in image data generated by the shootings performed by the shooting section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.