Patent ID: 7872670
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera performing photographing in accordance with a photographing mode corresponding to an object scene when a photographing operation is performed, comprising: a first ratio detector which detects a first ratio of movement of an object exceeding a first threshold value in a moving amount in a center area of said object scene; a second ratio detector which detects a second ratio of movement of an object exceeding a second threshold value in the moving amount in a peripheral area of said object scene; a determiner which determines the highest probability that the object scene is one of a plurality of object scene types based on the first ratio of movement and the second ratio of movement respectively detected by said first ratio detector and said second ratio detector; and a selector which selects the photographing mode based on the highest probability that the object scene is one of the plurality of object scene types determined by said determiner.