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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2007
Applicant:
Koji Kobayashi, Asaka, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Kobayashi, Asaka, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/03 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In order to prevent white compression from occurring in an image obtained by photography with a photography apparatus such as a digital camera, preliminary photography is carried out and actual photography is carried out while a flash control unit reduces an amount of light from a flash in the case where a predetermined target such as a human face is included in a preliminary image. Image processing is carried out on an actual image obtained through the actual photography for adjusting luminance and/or gradation of the predetermined target in the actual image.