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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Katsutoshi Izawa, Asaka, JP;
Masahiko Sugimoto, Asaka, JP;
Inventors:
Katsutoshi Izawa, Asaka, JP;
Masahiko Sugimoto, Asaka, JP;
Assignee:
Fujifilm Coporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 7/00 (2006.01); G03B 9/70 (2006.01); G03B 15/03 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus detects a face region out of an image signal representative of a field picked up by an image pickup device, and compares the lightness of the face region or a person region with the lightness of a background region also included in the image signal to thereby determine whether or not a subject is backlit. The apparatus causes, if the subject is backlit, the image pickup apparatus to execute actual pickup with backlight correction.