Electronic still camera and method of image acquisition of electronic still camera
First Claim
1. An electronic still camera comprising:
- a photography mode selecting section allowing a photographer to select continuous photographing;
an imaging section capturing an image of a subject;
an area setting section detecting a photographic subject based on a photographic image captured by said imaging section for every photographing in the continuous photographing, and setting the size and position of a photographic subject area including the detected photographic subject, when the continuous photographing is selected by said photography mode selecting section; and
a memory section storing an image inside the photographic subject area as a photographic subject image.
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Abstract
A photography mode selecting section allows a photographer to select continuous photographing. An imaging section captures an image of a subject. An area setting section detects a photographic subject based on a photographic image captured by the imaging section for every photographing in the continuous photographing, and sets the size and position of a photographic subject area including the detected photographic subject, when the continuous photographing is selected by the photography mode selecting section. A memory section stores an image inside the photographic subject area as a photographic subject image. Consequently, in continuous photographing of a moving body, the size of the photographic subject area for every photographing in the continuous photographing can be changed according to change in the size of the image of the moving body with respect to an image screen of the imaging section, thereby preventing wasteful usage of a memory area of the memory section.
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1. An electronic still camera comprising:
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a photography mode selecting section allowing a photographer to select continuous photographing;
an imaging section capturing an image of a subject;
an area setting section detecting a photographic subject based on a photographic image captured by said imaging section for every photographing in the continuous photographing, and setting the size and position of a photographic subject area including the detected photographic subject, when the continuous photographing is selected by said photography mode selecting section; and
a memory section storing an image inside the photographic subject area as a photographic subject image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of image acquisition of an electronic still camera, comprising the steps of:
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detecting a photographic subject based on a captured photographic image for every photographing in continuous photographing, when the continuous photographing is selected by a photographer;
setting the size and position of a photographic subject area including the detected photographic subject; and
storing an image inside the photographic subject area as a photographic subject image. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Specification