Person imaging apparatus, method of controlling same and control program therefor

A method of controlling a person image apparatus having an image sensing device for outputting image data representing the image of a person, the method comprising:

• storing informational data, which represents a number of items of information such as moving pictures, still images and audio, in an information storage device in correspondence with probabilities that a person will be caused to laugh;
• presenting, by an information presenting device, one item of information, from among the number of items of informational data that have been stored in the information storage device, to a person who is the subject of photography;
• controlling the image sensing device by a first imaging control device in such a manner that the image of the person is sensed in response to presentation of the information by the information presenting device;
• determining by a laughing-face determination device whether the image of the person represented by the image data that has been output from the image sensing device has a laughing face;
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• updating probabilities that have been stored in the information storage device in such a manner that the probability corresponding to the information that has been presented by the information presenting device will be raised, updating being performed by an information updating device in response to a determination by the laughing-face determination device that the image of the person has a laughing face.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including a program for controlling a person imaging apparatus having an image sensing device for outputting image data representing the image of a person, the program comprising:

• storing informational data, which represents a number of items of information such as moving pictures, still images and audio, in an information storage device in correspondence with probabilities that a person will be caused to laugh;
• presenting one item of information, from among the number of items of informational data that have been stored in the information storage device, to a person who is the subject of photography;
• controlling the image sensing device in such a manner that the image of the person is sensed in response to presentation of the information;
• determining whether the image of the person represented by the image data that has been output from the image sensing device has a laughing face;
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• updating probabilities that have been stored in the information storage device in such a manner that the probability corresponding to the information that has been presented will be raised, updating being performed in response to a determination that the image of the person has a laughing face.