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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Ryuji Takano, Yamagata, JP;
Kenji Iwamoto, Kokubunji, JP;
Inventors:
Ryuji Takano, Yamagata, JP;
Kenji Iwamoto, Kokubunji, JP;
Assignee:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The image pickup apparatuscomprises the image pickup unitto pick up an image of the subject which a user desires, a detecting of the face image area which includes the face of the subject person in the picked-up image based on the image information of the picked-up image, a recognizing of the expression of the face in the detected face image area, a ranking of the face image areas in the order of good smile of the recognized expressions and a displaying of the face image areas F arranged in the order of ranking and the entire picked-up image G on the same screen.