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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2009
Shogo Shimamura, Hachioji, JP;
Satoshi Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Shimamura, Hachioji, JP;
Satoshi Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that photoelectrically converts an object image to generate image data; a face detecting unit that detects a face in the generated image data; and a number-of-people detecting unit that detects the number of faces detected in the image data based on a face detection result by the face detecting unit. The imaging apparatus also includes a feature determining unit that determines a feature of the detected face based on a face detection result by the face detecting unit; a face selecting unit that selects a face that satisfies a predetermined correction condition set in advance among the detected faces based on at least one of a detection result of the number of people and a determination result of the feature; and a face-image processing unit that performs a predetermined correction process on at least the selected face.