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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2011
Filed:
May. 01, 2007
Kazuhiro Haneda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Haneda, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image capturing device for capturing an image by an imaging device comprises first compression means for compressing and coding a captured image as a moving image, extracting means for extracting object information relating to a desired object from moving image information obtained in the process of compressing and coding the captured image, image processing means for performing desired image processing on the desired object on the basis of the object information extracted by the extracting means, second compression means for compressing and coding an image including the desired object processed by the image processing means as a still image, and recording means for recording, on a recording medium, at least one of moving image data obtained by the first compression means and still image data obtained by the second compression means.