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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2006
Nobuyuki Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Fumiyuki Shiratani, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroshi Matsuzaki, Tachikawa, JP;
Satoko Furuki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Akikazu Yachi, Hachioji, JP;
Hideki Nagata, Hachioji, JP;
Toru Matsuzawa, Kunitachi, JP;
Nobuyuki Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Fumiyuki Shiratani, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroshi Matsuzaki, Tachikawa, JP;
Satoko Furuki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Akikazu Yachi, Hachioji, JP;
Hideki Nagata, Hachioji, JP;
Toru Matsuzawa, Kunitachi, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic camera detects a person's face image from an object image obtained by photographing an object, executes an enlarging process on the detected face image so as to obtain a face image whose face size is suitable, and displays the face image which is enlarged into the suitable size on a display device. When a plurality of people are present on the object image, the enlarged face images are switched by an image operating switch. As a result, the switched face image is displayed on the display device.