Image analysis – Applications – Target tracking or detecting
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-11
2009-11-24
Azarian, Seyed (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Target tracking or detecting
C382S118000, C396S096000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07623678
ABSTRACT:
A movement area detecting unit detects, in an image frame divided into a plurality of blocks, a block having a movement as a movement area, based on simple image data. A face detecting unit detects a human face based on the simple image data. When a human face is detected by the face detecting unit in the movement area detected by the movement area detecting unit and the movement in the movement area including the human face stops, an image pick-up operation is performed. Therefore, when an image is to be picked up in a self-timer image pick-up mode for automatically picking-up an image of an operator himself/herself as an object, the image pick-up operation takes place at the optimal timing when the operator as the object reaches and stands still at the desired position for the photograph.
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Azarian Seyed
Funai Electric Co. Ltd.
Osha • Liang LLP
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