Image capture device and program storage medium
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorKenji Iwamoto
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Abstract
An image capture device includes a capture unit configured to capture an image of an object, an object detection unit configured to detect the object in the image captured by the capture unit, an angle detection unit configured to detect an angle of the object detected by the object detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform a predetermined control operation for the image capture device based on the angle of the object detected by the angle detection unit.
Claims15
An image capture device comprising:
- a capture unit which captures an image;
- an area detection unit which detects a current area of a predetermined object in the image captured by the capture unit, wherein the current area is only a part of the image captured by the capture unit and contains the predetermined object;
- an angle detection unit which detects an orientation direction of the predetermined object detected by the area detection unit;
- a specifying unit which specifies a prediction area based on the current area detected by the area detection unit and the orientation direction of the predetermined object detected by the angle detection unit, wherein the prediction area is a part of the image captured by the capture unit which does not contain the predetermined object;
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- a control unit which performs a predetermined control operation for the image capture device based on the prediction area specified by the specifying unit.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon that controls an image capture apparatus to perform functions as:
- a capture unit which captures an image;
- an area detection unit which detects a current area of a predetermined object in the image captured by the capture unit, wherein the current part is only a part of the image captured by the capture unit and contains the predetermined object;
- an angle detection unit which detects an orientation direction of the predetermined object detected by the area detection unit;
- a specifying unit which specifies a prediction area based on the current area detected by the area detection unit and the orientation direction of the object detected by the angle detection unit, wherein the prediction area is a part of the image captured by the capture unit which does not contain the predetermined object;
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- a control unit which performs a predetermined control operation for the image capture device based on the prediction area specified by the specifying unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.