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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2009
Zenya Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Zenya Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus comprises an image sensing unit configured to sense an object and generate image data, a face detection unit configured to detect a face region of a person contained in the image data generated by the image sensing unit, and a facial expression determination unit configured to determine a plurality of facial expressions in the face region determined by the face detection unit. When both a first facial expression and a second facial expression are determined, the facial expression determination unit corrects a condition to determine the second facial expression so as to become difficult as compared to the determination condition when the first facial expression is not determined and the second facial expression is determined.