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Automatic photography system

  • US 20040218916A1
  • Filed: 03/24/2004
  • Published: 11/04/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automatic photography system comprising:

  • a photographing portion; and

    a control portion comprising;

    a shape extracting means, for repeatedly extracting shapes that represent expressions of human subjects within images, which are being imaged by the photographing portion;

    a match calculating means for recording predetermined shapes in advance, and for sequentially calculating the degrees of match between the extracted shapes and the predetermined shapes; and

    a control means for controlling the photographing portion to photograph the subjects when the calculated degrees of match exceed a predetermined threshold value.

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