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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2008
Takaaki Namba, Aichi, JP;
Yusuke Mizuno, Aichi, JP;
Takaaki Namba, Aichi, JP;
Yusuke Mizuno, Aichi, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Camera device includes an imaging unit, a communications unit, an identified area detection unit, and an image data processing unit. The imaging unit images an area in a shooting field to obtain image data. The communications unit communicates with a memory device that stores subject information, and obtains the subject information. The identified area detection unit dynamically detects an identified area corresponding to the subject. The image data processing unit specifies a protected area in the identified area based on the subject information, and applies protection only to the protected area when the subject is a protection target. This structure provides the camera device that generates image data in which a subject to be protected is obscured in an imaged subject.