Imaging preventing apparatus and imaging preventing method

An imaging preventing method comprising:

• obtaining an imaged image signal by performing imaging processing;
• performing image analyzing processing on the imaged image signal, said image analyzing processing comprising comparing the imaged image signal to a form pattern of a camera;
• determining of a possibility of imaging by the camera based on analysis result information of the image analyzing processing;
• and
• performing an imaging preventing operation based on a result of the determining of the possibility of imaging by the camera.

An imaging preventing apparatus comprising:

• an imaging unit to obtain an imaged image signal by performing imaging processing;
• an image analyzing unit to perform image analyzing processing on the imaged image signal obtained by the imaging unit, said image analyzing processing comprising comparing the imaged image signal to a form pattern of a camera;
• an imaging preventing operation performing unit to perform a preventing operation against imaging by the camera;
• and
• a control unit to determine the possibility of imaging by the camera based at least in part on analysis result information by the image analyzing unit and, if it is determined that there is a possibility of being imaged, causing the imaging preventing operation performing unit to perform the preventing operation.