Patent ID: 8164671
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging optical system that forms an optical image of a subject; an imaging section that converts the optical image into an electrical signal; a signal processing section that carries out a predetermined processing for the electrical signal and generates image data; a deciding section that decides whether a designated subject is in a predetermined reference range within a trackable range, using the image data generated in the signal processing section; and a reporting section that reports a decision result in the deciding section by light, wherein, when the designated subject includes a face of a person, the predetermined reference range is set above a reference range set when the designated subject does not include the face of the person, and wherein, when the designated subject includes the face of the person, an amount of upward shift of the predetermined reference range from the reference range set when the designated subject does not include the face of the person, is changed according to a size of the face.