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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Miyuki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Miyuki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/74 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes face detection means for searching image data from at least one direction to detect a face portion in the image data; capture mode search direction instruction means for instructing a search direction of the image data to the face detection means in a capture mode, which is a mode of recording the image data; and monitoring mode search direction instruction means for instructing the search direction of the image data to the face detection means in a monitoring mode, which is a mode of displaying the image data.