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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2009
Takashi Karimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Urabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kana Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Karimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Urabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kana Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to obtain an image; a face detecting unit configured to detect a face of a photographic subject included in the image; an attribute detecting unit configured to detect attribute information of the face; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a degree of intimacy between a plurality of photographic subjects based on a plurality of items of attribute information detected by the attribute detecting unit from faces of the plurality of photographic subjects, the faces being detected by the face detecting unit; and a control unit configured to cause the image pickup unit to capture an image of the plurality of photographic subjects based on an evaluation result obtained by the evaluation unit.