Image pickup device that identifies portions of a face

Details Image pickup device that identifies portions of a face Image pickup device that identifies portions of a face

2011-04-05

2011-04-05

Vu, Ngoc-Yen T (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Combined image signal generator and general image signal...

C348S222100, C348S349000, C348S364000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07920187

ABSTRACT:
An image pickup device includes an image pickup unit configured to convert an optical image of a subject to image data and to output the image data, a face image recognition unit configured to recognize face image from the image data, and a face portion judgment unit configured to judge each portion in the face image recognized by the face image recognition unit. When every portion in the face image can be judged by the face portion judgment unit, a release button for executing photographing of the subject is automatically pressed, or the photographing operation is executed.

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