Patent ID: 8384798
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit which acquires image data including a subject; a filter unit which carries out average differential filtering for the image data acquired by the acquisition unit; a storage unit which stores a feature quantity calculated from data obtained through average differential filtering for face image data of a subject of the same kind as the subject in advance; a face area detection unit which detects the face area of the subject from image data subjected to average differential filtering by the filter unit on the basis of the feature quantity stored in the storage unit; a focusing unit which carries out focusing control to focus on the face area when the face area of the subject is detected; and an image capturing unit which captures an image focused on the face area as a still image when the face area of the subject is detected; and wherein the imaging apparatus comprises a shutter speed control unit which, when the face area of the subject is detected, increases a shutter speed during the focusing control and during capturing the still image compared to a shutter speed when the face area of the subject is not detected.