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Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2007
Applicants:

Dong Yi, Seongnam-si, KR;

Byung-kwon Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;

Inventors:

Dong Yi, Seongnam-si, KR;

Byung-kwon Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01); G03B 3/10 (2006.01); G03B 13/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A digital photographing apparatus capable of precisely and immediately performing autofocusing on a person being photographed, and a method of controlling the same are provided. The digital photographing apparatus comprises a face detecting unit that detects a face, a body detecting unit that detects a body, which may or may not exclude the face, an autofocus information obtaining unit, and an autofocus object determining unit. The autofocus object determining unit analyzes face autofocus information obtained from the face by the autofocus information obtaining unit and body autofocus information obtained from the body, and then selects the face part and/or the body as an object of autofocusing.


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