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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2010
Masayoshi Okamoto, Daito, JP;
Masayoshi Okamoto, Daito, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic camera includes an imager, having an imaging surface capturing a scene, which repeatedly outputs a scene image. An extractor extracts a specific reference image coincident with a partial image outputted from the imager corresponding to a predetermined area allocated to the imaging surface, from among a plurality of reference images. An adjuster executes a process of adjusting an exposure amount by emphasizing the predetermined area in parallel with the extraction process. An identifier identifies a color of an object equivalent to the partial image, corresponding to extracting the specific reference image. A corrector executes a process of correcting a tonality of the scene image with reference to the identified result, in place of the extraction process. A searcher searches for a partial image coincident with the specific reference image from the scene image having the corrected tonality.