Patent ID: 7376347
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital still camera comprising: an image sensing device for sensing an image of a subject and outputting image data representing the image of the subject; a display device for displaying the image of the subject, which is represented by the image data that has been output from said image sensing device, on a display screen; a face image detecting device for detecting a face image contained in the image of the subject represented by the image data that has been output from said image sensing device; an enlargement command device for applying an enlargement command; an enlarging device for enlarging the face image, which has been detected by said face image detecting device, in response to application of the enlargement command from said enlargement command device; a first determination device for determining whether portions outside the image of the subject represented by the image data that is output from said image sensing device will be displayed on the display screen owing to the fact that the center of the face image that has been enlarged by said enlarging device becomes the center of the display screen based upon control by said first display control device; a decision device for deciding a position of the center of the face image, which has been enlarged by said enlarging device, in such a manner that portions outside the image of the subject will not be displayed on the display screen, in response to a determination by said first determination device that the portions outside the image of the subject will be displayed on the display screen; a first display control device for controlling the display device in such a manner that the face image enlarged by said enlarging device, the center of the enlarged face image will become the position decided by said decision device, is displayed on the display screen; a shutter-release button; and a recording control device for recording the image data, which has been output from said image sensing device, on a recording medium in response to depression of said shutter-release button.