Photographing apparatus and method

Details Photographing apparatus and method Photographing apparatus and method

2007-10-31

2010-11-30

Perkey, W. B. (Department: 2862)

Photography

With exposure objective focusing means, focusing aid, or...

Plural focusing or rangefinding areas

Reexamination Certificate

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07844175

ABSTRACT:
A photographing apparatus and method for recognizing an object such as a face in an image. The photographing apparatus includes: an optical system comprising a focus lens; a photoelectric transformation element transforming light information into an electrical signal; an image signal processor outputting the electrical signal as an image signal; a first distance measurer detecting face region data corresponding to a face from the image signal, comparing the face region data with standard face data, and obtaining a first object distance from the photographing apparatus to the face; a second distance measurer detecting a focus position for the face and obtaining a second object distance from the photographing apparatus to the face; and a face recognizer comparing the first and second object distances and recognizing that the face region data includes data corresponding to the face.

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Notice of Allowance issued for JP2006-356163.

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