Image capturing apparatus
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1. An image capturing apparatus, comprising:
- a body;
a display part movable relative to said body, said display part having a display screen capable of being changed in orientation according to a movement relative to said body;
a detector for detecting an orientation of said display screen; and
a display controller for determining an assistant index to be employed in capturing an image for face recognition according to the orientation of said display screen detected by said detector, and displaying said assistant index on said display screen.
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Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises: a body; a display part movable relative to the body, the display part having a display screen capable of being changed in orientation according to a movement relative to the body; a detector for detecting an orientation of the display screen; and a display controller for determining an assistant index to be employed in capturing an image for face recognition according to the orientation of the display screen detected by the detector, and displaying the assistant index on the display screen.
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1. An image capturing apparatus, comprising:
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a body;
a display part movable relative to said body, said display part having a display screen capable of being changed in orientation according to a movement relative to said body;
a detector for detecting an orientation of said display screen; and
a display controller for determining an assistant index to be employed in capturing an image for face recognition according to the orientation of said display screen detected by said detector, and displaying said assistant index on said display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image capturing method, comprising the steps of:
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a) detecting an orientation of a display screen of an image capturing apparatus, said display screen being provided on a display part being movable relative to a body of said image capturing apparatus; and
b) determining an assistant index to be employed in capturing an image for face recognition according to an orientation of said display screen detected in said step a), and displaying said assistant index on said display screen. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An image capturing apparatus, comprising:
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a body;
a display part;
a selector for making a selection between a first mode and a second mode, said first mode being applied for allowing a person as a subject to perform a release operation and said second mode being applied for allowing a person other than said person as a subject to perform a release operation; and
a display controller for determining an assistant index to be displayed on said display part for capturing an image for use in face recognition according to the selected mode, and displaying the determined assistant index. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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