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Object determining device and imaging apparatus

  • US 7,912,363 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2009
  • Issued: 03/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An object determining device comprising:

  • a detecting part for detecting a face of a person from an input image;

    a classifying part for classifying, when a plurality of faces of people are detected by the detecting part, the plurality of detected faces of people into a plurality of clusters;

    a temporary determining part for determining a face to be focused and/or face on which to perform exposure control when performing imaging from faces of people in the cluster for each of the plurality of clusters; and

    an ultimate determining part for ultimately determining the target face from the faces determined by the temporary determining part.

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