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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
May. 19, 2008
Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Nozomu Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Sakaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Nozomu Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Sakaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging preventing apparatus includes imaging means for obtaining an imaged image signal by performing imaging processing, image analyzing means for performing image analyzing processing on the imaged image signal obtained by the imaging means, imaging preventing operation performing means for performing a preventing operation against imaging by a different camera system, and control means for determining the possibility of being imaged by a different camera system based on the analysis result information by the image analyzing means and, if it is determined that there is a possibility of being imaged, causing the imaging preventing operation performing means to perform the preventing operation.