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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2009
Yuko Mimura, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Mimura, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject and generate a captured image of the subject, a feature value extracting unit configured to extract a feature value of the captured image, a scene candidate determining unit configured to determine a scene candidate of a subject scene included in the captured image on the basis of the extracted feature value, and a scene determining unit configured to determine that the scene candidate is the subject scene included in the captured image when the scene candidate determining unit continuously determines scene candidates of an identical kind for a scene determining period taken for determining the subject scene included in the captured image.