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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2002
Akira Shiraishi, Sakai, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Sakai, JP;
Akira Shiraishi, Sakai, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Sakai, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object detecting apparatus according to the present invention has: an image sensor capturing a plurality of object images in time sequence; a first detection start signal generator generating a signal to start detection of an object, included in a first area, of the object images captured by the image sensor; a first detector detecting a characteristic of the object included in the first area in response to the signal from the first detection start signal generator; and a second detector detecting an object similar to the characteristic detected by the first detector, within a second area larger than the first area. Consequently, even when a moving object is shot, the user can take a picture intended by him only by determining the composition so that the main object is roughly followed.