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Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2010
Applicants:

Masahiro Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;

Kenji Kojima, Tokyo, JP;

Hajime Shirasaka, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasuhiko Kaneko, Kanagawa, JP;

Ayumu Isomura, Tokyo, JP;

Kimiko Tachikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Shinsuke Zetsu, Tokyo, JP;

Hideaki Yoshihara, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masahiro Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;

Kenji Kojima, Tokyo, JP;

Hajime Shirasaka, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasuhiko Kaneko, Kanagawa, JP;

Ayumu Isomura, Tokyo, JP;

Kimiko Tachikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Shinsuke Zetsu, Tokyo, JP;

Hideaki Yoshihara, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing section for capturing an image; a person determining section for determining whether the image captured by the image capturing section includes any person; an input notification section for notifying a user that the person included in the image captured by the image capturing section should be inputted when the image determining section determines that the image includes the person; a personal identification information input section for causing the user to input personal identification information indicative of the person included in the image captured by the image capturing section by a predetermined timing after the input notification section notifies the user that the person included in the image captured by the image capturing section should be inputted; and an image storage section for storing the personal identification information inputted by the personal identification information input section in association with the image captured by the image capturing section when the personal identification information input section inputs the personal identification information.


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