Image pickup apparatus, control method of image pickup apparatus and image pickup apparatus having function to detect specific subject
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorKenji Iwamoto
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Abstract
Disclosed is an image pickup apparatus 100 including an image display section 32 to identify and display a face which is detected in an image frame, an operation section 4 having cursor buttons of up, down, left and right and a set button which are respectively corresponded with a plurality of areas which divide the image frame and a CPU 71 to switch the area in the image frame which is to be a target for face detection based on pressing of any of the buttons by a user. According to the image pickup apparatus 100, the targeted area for face detection can be changed promptly while confirming the condition in which the face is detected in the image frame.
Claims10
An image pickup apparatus having a function of detecting a specific subject, comprising:
- an image pickup unit;
- a display unit to display an image frame which is repeatedly picked up by the image pickup unit while sequentially updating the image frame;
- a detection unit to detect the specific subject in any of a plurality of areas into which the image frame is divided;
- an identification display unit to identify and display the specific subject which is detected by the detection unit in the image frame displayed by the display unit;
- an instruction operation unit to receive a plurality of instruction operations which are different from each other and which correspond respectively to the plurality of areas into which the image frame is divided;
- a first switching unit to switch an area which is to be a detection target for the detection unit to be an area corresponding to a received instruction operation when any of the instruction operations is received by the instruction operation unit;
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- a condition changing unit to orderly change a detection condition of the specific subject according to a number of times that the instruction operation is carried out without switching the area which is to be the detection target for the detection unit when a same instruction operation is continuously carried out by the instruction operation unit.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for an image pickup apparatus having a function of detecting a specific subject, the program being executable to control a computer of the image pickup apparatus to realize functions of units comprising:
- an image pickup unit;
- a display unit to display an image frame which is repeatedly picked up by the image pickup unit while sequentially updating the image frame;
- a detection unit to detect the specific subject in any of a plurality of areas into which the image frame is divided;
- an identification display unit to identify and display the specific subject which is detected by the detection unit in the image frame displayed by the display unit;
- an instruction operation unit to receive a plurality of instruction operations which are different from each other and which correspond respectively to the plurality of areas into which the image frame is divided;
- a first switching unit to switch an area which is to be a detection target for the detection unit to be an area corresponding to a received instruction operation when any of the instruction operations is received by the instruction operation unit;
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- a condition changing unit to orderly change a detection condition of the specific subject according to a number of times that the instruction operation is carried out without switching the area which is to be the detection target for the detection unit when a same instruction operation is continuously carried out by the instruction operation unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.