Patent ID: 8174567
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital photographing apparatus comprising: an image capture device for generating data from light incident thereon; and a blink determination unit for determining whether eyes are closed in an image from data generated by the image capture device, wherein when, until or before still image data is obtained, the blink determination unit determines whether the eyes of a face included in the image from the generated data are closed, when still image data is to be obtained, if the blink determination unit determines that the eyes of a face included in an image from data obtained when or right before the still image data is obtained are closed, still image data is obtained a plurality of numbers of times, and when still image data is to be obtained, if the blink determination unit determines that the eyes of a face included in an image from data obtained when or right before the still image data is obtained are not closed, still image data is obtained once.