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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2003
Koichi Sakamoto, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Tsugita, Saitama, JP;
Manabu Hyodo, Saitama, JP;
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Koji Ichikawa, Saitama, JP;
Koichi Sakamoto, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Tsugita, Saitama, JP;
Manabu Hyodo, Saitama, JP;
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Koji Ichikawa, Saitama, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Effectively reducing a noise on the face region to improve the picture quality of the entire image A digital camera according to the invention includes: an digital signal processor for performing image processing including contour correction on a shot image; a face identifying section for analyzing an image after contour correction to generate face region information to identify the face region; a noise reducing section for performing noise reduction on the face region of the image after contour correction based on the face region information; a controllerfor determining the photographing mode of the shot image and operating the face identifying section and the noise reducing section depending on the photographing mode.