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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2007
Applicant:
Kei Itoh, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Kei Itoh, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for capturing images using a delay timer and face detection. After a command is given to begin a photographing process, a face detector determines the location of a face of a person being photographed. A timer counts down a predetermined delay time, for example, corresponding to a self-timer time period. A controller can set the auto focus or auto exposure parameters based on the detected face.