Photographing apparatus, method and program
First Claim
1. A photographing apparatus comprising:
- a photographing means for obtaining image data by taking a photograph of a subject;
an input means for switching a photography mode;
a display means for displaying various kinds of information including the image data;
a release means for performing photographing operation;
a storage means for storing various kinds of information including the image data;
a photographing control means for obtaining a moving image of the subject by continuously taking photographs with the photographing means and for displaying the moving image on the display means;
a face judgment means for judging in a predetermined time interval, based on a predetermined photography mode to which the photography mode has been switched, whether a human face is included in a frame included in the moving image until a positive result is obtained in the judgment;
a face detection means for detecting a facial position in a frame that has been judged to include the face, if the face judgment means judges that the face is included in the frame;
an image processing means for performing red-eye correction processing on the image data;
a control means for controlling the photographing means, the face judgment means, the face detection means, the image processing means, and the storage means so that the detected facial position is stored in the storage means, and judgment is made as to whether the face is included in the next frame after the predetermined time, and if the judgment is positive, the facial position is detected, and until the release means performs the photographing operation, judgment is made as to whether the face is included in the next frame further after the predetermined time, and if it is judged that the face is included in the frame, the facial position is detected, and the newly detected facial position is stored in the storage means, and a frame obtained when the release means performs the photographing operation or a plurality of temporally precedent and/or subsequent frames of the obtained frame are taken as the image data, red-eye correction processing is administered on the image data, and the image data on which the red-eye correction has been performed is stored in the storage means.
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Abstract
Processing for judging whether a face is included in a frame is performed, in a predetermined interval, on each of frames included in a moving image of a subject, displayed on a monitor, until the judgment becomes positive. If it is judged that a face is included in a frame, the facial position is detected in the frame, and stored. Then, judgment is made as to whether a face is included in the next frame after predetermined time. If the judgment is positive, the facial position is detected. The previously stored facial position is replaced by the newly detected facial position, and the newly detected facial position is stored. These processes are repeated until photographing operation is performed by operating a release unit.
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16 Claims
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1. A photographing apparatus comprising:
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a photographing means for obtaining image data by taking a photograph of a subject; an input means for switching a photography mode; a display means for displaying various kinds of information including the image data; a release means for performing photographing operation; a storage means for storing various kinds of information including the image data; a photographing control means for obtaining a moving image of the subject by continuously taking photographs with the photographing means and for displaying the moving image on the display means; a face judgment means for judging in a predetermined time interval, based on a predetermined photography mode to which the photography mode has been switched, whether a human face is included in a frame included in the moving image until a positive result is obtained in the judgment; a face detection means for detecting a facial position in a frame that has been judged to include the face, if the face judgment means judges that the face is included in the frame; an image processing means for performing red-eye correction processing on the image data; a control means for controlling the photographing means, the face judgment means, the face detection means, the image processing means, and the storage means so that the detected facial position is stored in the storage means, and judgment is made as to whether the face is included in the next frame after the predetermined time, and if the judgment is positive, the facial position is detected, and until the release means performs the photographing operation, judgment is made as to whether the face is included in the next frame further after the predetermined time, and if it is judged that the face is included in the frame, the facial position is detected, and the newly detected facial position is stored in the storage means, and a frame obtained when the release means performs the photographing operation or a plurality of temporally precedent and/or subsequent frames of the obtained frame are taken as the image data, red-eye correction processing is administered on the image data, and the image data on which the red-eye correction has been performed is stored in the storage means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14)
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6. A photographing method at a photographing apparatus including a photographing means for obtaining image data by taking a photograph of a subject, an input means for switching a photography mode, a display means for displaying various kinds of information including the image data, a release means for performing photographing operation, a storage means for storing various kinds of information including the image data, and a photographing control means for obtaining a moving image of the subject by continuously taking photographs with the photographing means and for displaying the moving image on the display means, the method comprising the steps of:
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using one or more processors to perform steps of; judging in a predetermined time interval whether a human face is included in a frame included in the moving image until a positive result is obtained in the judgment; detecting a facial position in a frame that has been judged to include the face, if it is judged that the face is included in the frame; storing the detected facial position in the storage means, and judging whether the face is included in the next frame after the predetermined time, and if the judgment is positive, detecting the facial position, judging whether the face is included in the next frame further after the predetermined time, and if it is judged that the face is included in the frame, detecting the facial position, and storing the newly detected facial position in the storage means, and taking a frame obtained when the release means performs the photographing operation or a plurality of temporally precedent and/or subsequent frames of the obtained frame as the image data; and administering red-eye correction processing on the image data, and storing the image data on which the red-eye correction has been performed in the storage means. - View Dependent Claims (11, 15)
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7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute an image processing method at a photographing apparatus including a photographing means for obtaining image data by taking a photograph of a subject, an input means for switching a photography mode, a display means for displaying various kinds of information including the image data, a release means for performing photographing operation, a storage means for storing various kinds of information including the image data, and a photographing control means for obtaining a moving image of the subject by continuously taking photographs with the photographing means and for displaying the moving image on the display means, the program comprising the procedures for:
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judging in a predetermined time interval whether a human face is included in a frame included in the moving image until a positive result is obtained in the judgment; detecting a facial position in a frame that has been judged to include the face, if it is judged that the face is included in the frame; storing the detected facial position in the storage means, and judging whether the face is included in the next frame after the predetermined time, and if the judgment is positive, detecting the facial position, and until the release means performs the photographing operation, judging whether the face is included in the next frame further after the predetermined time, and if it is judged that the face is included in the frame, detecting the facial position, and storing the newly detected facial position in the storage means, and taking a frame obtained when the release means performs the photographing operation or a plurality of temporally precedent and/or subsequent frames of the obtained frame as the image data; and administering red-eye correction processing on the image data and storing the image data on which the red-eye correction has been performed in the storage means. - View Dependent Claims (12, 16)
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