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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2012
Hiroto Tomita, Fukuoka, JP;
Ikuo Fuchigami, Fukuoka, JP;
Hiroto Tomita, Fukuoka, JP;
Ikuo Fuchigami, Fukuoka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The stability is improved with which focus control is performed by an image capture device that brings a face region image into focus according to the contrast method. A human detection circuitperforms a human image search by using a threshold value Thh. A face detection circuitperforms a face image search by using a threshold value Thf. When an entire body image region corresponding to an entire body of a person is detected and a face image region corresponding to a face of the same person is detected in the captured image through the human image search and the face image search, the face detection circuitperforms redetermination with respect to the face image region by using a threshold value Thf. The redetermination by using the threshold value Thfhas higher accuracy compared to the face image search by using the threshold value Thf