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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Jong-sun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Won-seok Song, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Jong-sun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Won-seok Song, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00221 (2013.01); G06K 9/3208 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0492 (2013.01);
Abstract
A subject detecting method and a subject detecting apparatus, by which face detection may be efficiently performed in a digital photographing apparatus having a flippable display unit, and when an image input via an image sensor of the digital photographing apparatus is different from an image displayed on the display unit due to rotation of the digital photographing apparatus, a face detection coordinate may be corrected to increase the reliability of face detection.