Patent ID: 8379108
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic camera comprising: an imaging device photoelectrically converting a formed image of a subject to generate an image signal; a manipulation section accepting an input instructing a release; a face detecting section detecting a face area in a shooting image plane based on the image signal during a standby period for the release; a controlling section photographing the subject in response to the release to generate a shooting image from the image signal; a face recognizing data generating section which generates a face registration image by cutting out a portion corresponding to the face area from the shooting image at the time of the release, extracts a feature point of a person's face from the face registration image and generates face recognizing data to be used for a face recognition process of a subsequent photographing, while the face area is being detected; and a recording section recording the face recognizing data and index image data indicating a face corresponding to the face recognizing data in correspondence to the face recognizing data; and a display section displaying an image plane which includes a display of a plurality of index images associated with the face recognizing data and allows for specifying a target of face recognition by using the index images when accepting an input specifying the target of face recognition before performing a face recognition process.