Digital camera

• US 20040233301A1
• Filed: 05/21/2004
• Published: 11/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakata, Shin, Iida, Takayuki, Li, Yuanzhong
• Application Number:
  US10/850,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20040233301A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/239
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/262 Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2621 Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects during image pickup, e.g. digital cameras, camcorders, video cameras having integrated special effects capability

Abstract

The digital camera includes a photographing unit for photoelectrically photographing an image, a display for displaying a photographed image, a red-eye processing unit for detecting red-eye from the photographed image to generate red-eye position information and a red-eye control unit for displaying on the display an enlarged image obtained by enlarging a red-eye region including the detected red-eye in accordance with the red-eye position information. Further, the red-eye processing unit executes red-eye correction to correct the detected red-eye.

Claims

1. A digital camera comprising:

photographing means for photoelectrically photographing an image;

a display for displaying a photographed image by said photographing means;

red-eye processing means for detecting red-eye from said photographed image by said photographing means to generate red-eye position information; and

red-eye control means for displaying on said display an enlarged image obtained by enlarging a red-eye region including said detected red-eye from said photographed image by said photographing means in accordance with said red-eye position information generated by said red-eye processing means.

2. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein, when said red-eye processing means detects a plurality of red-eye parts, enlarged images obtained by enlarging red-eye regions including said plurality of red-eye parts detected by said red-eye processing means, respectively are sequentially displayed on said display.

3. The digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing means for storing said photographed image by said photographing means; and

recording means for recording said photographed image by said photographing means onto said storing means,

wherein said recording means records at least one item selected from the group consisting of said red-eye position information generated by said red-eye processing means, and processing time information for red-eye processing required by said red-eye processing means, as red-eye pertinent information related to said photographed image onto said storing means.

4. The digital camera according to claim 3, further comprising:

indication means for indicating a detection error of said red-eye processing by said red-eye processing means using said enlarged image of the enlarged red-eye region including the red-eye in the photographed image which is displayed on said display,

wherein said recording means records detection error position information concerning a position where said detection error is indicated by said indication means, as said red-eye pertinent information onto said storing means.

5. The digital camera according to claim 3, wherein said recording means records said processing time information as said red-eye pertinent information onto said storing means, and

when available memory space of said storing means has dropped below a predetermined volume, said recording means deletes at least one item of said red-eye pertinent information in order, from said photographed image with a shortest processing time of said processing time information.

6. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein said red-eye processing means further executes red-eye correction to correct said detected red-eye.

7. The digital camera according to claim 6, further comprising:

storing means for storing said photographed image by said photographing means; and

recording means for recording said photographed image by said photographing means onto said storing means,

wherein said recording means records at least one item selected from the group consisting of said red-eye position information generated by said red-eye processing means, red-eye correction information related to said red-eye correction executed by said red-eye processing means, and processing time information for red-eye processing required by said red-eye processing means, as red-eye pertinent information related to said photographed image onto said storing means.

8. The digital camera according to claim 7, further comprising:

indication means for indicating a detection error of said red-eye processing by said red-eye processing means using said enlarged image of the enlarged red-eye region including the red-eye in the photographed image which is displayed on said display,

wherein said recording means records detection error position information concerning a position where said detection error is indicated by said indication means, as said red-eye pertinent information onto said storing means.

9. The digital camera according to claim 7, wherein said recording means records said processing time information as said red-eye pertinent information onto said storing means, and

when available memory space of said storing means has dropped below a predetermined volume, said recording means deletes at least one item of said red-eye pertinent information in order, from said photographed image with a shortest processing time of said processing time information.