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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Masato Sanno, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Fujisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masato Sanno, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Fujisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image pickup device includes an image pickup unit configured to convert a subject image to image data and to output the image data and a face image recognition unit configured to recognize a face image from the image data. When the face image is recognized by the face image recognition unit, the face image portion is cut out and stored as a separate image file.