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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2010
Kazue Minagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiichi Nitta, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Nishi, Yokohama, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic camera is characterized by including an imaging part shooting a figure image; an area detection part detecting a flesh-colored area including a face portion and a portion other than a face; a color judgment part judging color information of the flesh-colored area; a color difference calculation part determining a color difference between first color information of the face portion and second color information of the flesh-colored area of the portion other than the face; a correction coefficient calculation part determining color correction coefficients based on the color difference; an area appointment part appointing an area on which a color conversion is performed; and a color conversion part performing, when the color difference is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the color conversion on the area appointed by the area appointment part by using the color correction coefficients.