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Image-capture device, image-capture method, and image-capture program

  • US 20100177207A1
  • Filed: 01/11/2010
  • Published: 07/15/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image-capture device comprising:

  • an image-capture section that captures an image of a subject;

    a detector that detects a portion of the subject, the portion having a specific feature, from the image captured by the image-capture section;

    an evaluator that determines a numerically expressed evaluation value of the specific feature of the portion detected by the detector;

    a buffer section that temporarily stores delayed images corresponding to a predetermined amount of time; and

    a recording-operation controller that controls the image-capture device to record image data including a predetermined delayed image in the buffer section, upon determining that the evaluation value satisfies a predetermined condition.

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