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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Kazuma Hosoi, Narashino, JP;
Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuma Hosoi, Narashino, JP;
Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging device includes: an image pickup device that captures an image via an imaging optics; a focus detector that detects a focus adjustment state of the imaging optics; a face detection circuit that detects an image corresponding to a face of a person from the image captured by the image pickup device; and a controller that causes the face detection circuit to execute detection of the image corresponding to the face, according to a focus detection result of the focus detector.