Patent ID: 8421899
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup device provided with an automatic focusing function, comprising: an image pickup unit configured to pick up image data corresponding to a subject; a display unit configured to display the image data picked up by the image pickup unit; a face detection unit configured to detect a human face from the image data picked up by the image pickup unit; a notification unit configured to notify a user that the human face is detected by displaying a frame around a part of the human face within the image data displayed on the display unit, when the human face is detected by the face detection unit; and an automatic focusing control unit configured to perform an automatic focusing control based on contrast information within a ranging area, the ranging area being an area within the frame displayed on the human face detected by the face detection unit by the notification unit, a size of the ranging area being larger than that of the human face, the automatic focusing control unit configured to compare a size of the human face with a predetermined first size and set the first size to be the ranging area if the human face is smaller than or equal to the first size, and set a second size larger than the first size to be the ranging area if the human face is larger than the first size.