Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Canon Aptex Kabushiki Kaisha

Tacmi Co., Ltd.

Masao Okada

Katsuhiko Kondo

Isao Maruoka

Akihiro Yokota

In an interval capturing mode for performing automatic image capturing each set capturing interval, exposure settings including a shutter speed and capturing sensitivity are determined based on information relating to the capturing interval. Specifically, the exposure settings are determined by prioritizing a low shutter speed over a high capturing sensitivity when the capturing interval is a second capturing interval that is longer than the first capturing interval.

Image capture apparatus and method of controlling same

An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a closed-eye detection unit configured to detect a face from an image captured by the imaging unit and to detect whether the detected face has closed eyes, and a control unit configured to determine whether to issue a warning about a captured image to be recorded according to a detection result detected by the closed-eye detection unit for the captured image to be recorded and a detection result detected by the closed-eye detection unit for a preview image captured before the image to be recorded is captured.

Imaging apparatus and imaging method

The present invention enables relatively easy animation display without requiring a special resource, and facilitates easy generation of the animation. When an image to be displayed as animation is constructed with a background, leg, body and head, these images are distributed as a layer. For each layer, a timing schedule is set with attribute data which includes display update timing and display effects. According to the schedule, display for each layer is updated at the scheduled timing.

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