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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2007
Dong Yi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Sunk-shik Koh, Seoul, KR;
Dong Yi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Sunk-shik Koh, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A digital photographing apparatus which automatically determines a face, as chosen by a user, on which autofocusing is to be performed while not imposing an excessive computational load on the digital photographing apparatus. Also provided is a control method for the digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium storing a program for executing the control method. The digital photographing apparatus includes an image division unit dividing an image into a plurality of regions, a first score assignment unit assigning a first score to each face part included in the image according to a region to which the face part belongs, and a face part determination unit determining a face part on which autofocusing is to be performed, based on the first score assigned to each face part.