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Patent No.:

US 11012631 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021

Filed:

May. 26, 2017
Applicant:

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;

Inventors:

Hidenori Fujisawa, Sakai, JP;

Shigefumi Urata, Sakai, JP;

Junki Asai, Sakai, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); G06K 9/00302 (2013.01); G06K 9/6289 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/232123 (2018.08);
Abstract

The present invention has an object to enable an improvement in accuracy of face detection and obtain an optimum image in which focus and exposure are adjusted in conformity with a detected face. An image capture processing device () of one mode of the present invention includes: a face detection section () configured to perform face detection so as to detect a face from an image of a subject, the image being captured by an auxiliary image capture sectionwhich captures the image of the subject; and a control section () configured to control, on the basis of a result of the face detection, a main image capture section () to capture an image of the subject.


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