Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device and imaging method
- Patent Title (中): 成像装置和成像方法
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Application No.: US14060599Application Date: 2013-10-22
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Publication No.: US09210318B2Publication Date: 2015-12-08
- Inventor: Keiji Kunishige
- Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Straub & Pokotylo
- Agent John C. Pokotylo
- Priority: JP2011-096648 20110423
- Main IPC: H04N5/262
- IPC: H04N5/262 ; H04N5/232 ; G02B7/36

Abstract:
An imaging device of the present invention comprises a facial organ detection section for detecting eyes from a digital image, an eye-priority AF section for setting an AF region to a detected eye and focusing on the eye, and an image processing section for carrying out image processing on the digital image to feather the periphery of an eye that the eye-priority AF section has focused on, wherein the facial organ detection section detects facial organs from a digital image that has been captured by the imaging section, and determines inclination of a face based on the detected facial organs, the eye-priority AF section selects one eye based on the inclination of the face, and carries out focusing on the selected eye, and the image processing section carries out processing to feather eyes that have not been selected, and varies feathering strength in accordance with inclination of the face.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140104483A1 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD Public/Granted day:2014-04-17
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