JP2007180850A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (5)

Imaging means for obtaining an image of the subject image before photographing the subject image;
Extraction means for extracting the image or we first partial image obtained by the imaging means,
And a determining means for determining a photographing condition when capturing the subject image based on the second partial image in the region separated by a predetermined vector from the first partial image in the acquired image by the image pickup means An imaging apparatus characterized by that. The imaging device according to claim 1,
An imaging apparatus comprising: tracking means for tracking an image corresponding to the first partial image in an image subsequent to the image based on the first partial image extracted by the extraction means. The imaging device according to claim 2,
From the acquired image by the image pickup means includes a face extraction means for extracting a face image corresponding to the face of the a subject image person,
The vector, the photographing apparatus which is a position vector connecting the said face image extracted from the first partial image extracted by the extraction means by the face extraction unit. In the imaging device according to claim 3,
Photographing apparatus characterized by performing the other extraction on the basis of the vector upon failure of either hand of extraction of the facial image by the face extraction means and extracting of the first partial image by the extraction unit . In the imaging device according to claim 3 or 4,
The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position vector is determined based on a focal length of an optical system that forms the subject image.