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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2007
Applicant:
Mari Sugihara, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mari Sugihara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To insert an inserting-image at an appropriate position of image data by providing an imaging unit imaging an image of an object and generating the image data, a recognizing unit performing face recognition processing on the image data and generating distribution information which represents a distribution of a main object in an image of the image data, and a decision unit determining an inserting position to insert the inserting-image into the image data based on at least one of the distribution information and contrast information of the object.