Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor
- Patent Title (中): 图像捕获装置及其控制方法
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Application No.: US12512725Application Date: 2009-07-30
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Publication No.: US08350918B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Zenya Kawaguchi
- Applicant: Zenya Kawaguchi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2008-202419 20080805
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225
Abstract:
In an image capturing apparatus with an operation mode for carrying out expression detection, it is determined whether or not the image capturing apparatus is operated in the operation mode for carrying out expression detection. In a case in which the image capturing apparatus is operated in the operation mode for carrying out expression detection, setting in such a way that images with a resolution higher than in a case in which the image capturing apparatus is not operated in the operation mode are read out from an image sensor allows the expression of a face of a person to be detected efficiently.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100033591A1 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2010-02-11
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