Patent ID: 7864228
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit configured to pickup an image; a detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of predetermined objects from an image picked up by the image pickup unit; a display unit configured to superimpose a plurality of frames onto said image picked up by the image pickup unit such that each of the plurality of frames surrounds a respective one of the plurality of predetermined objects detected by the detecting unit; a selection unit configured to select at least two frames from the plurality of frames in response to a user operating the selection unit; an integration unit configured to join the at least two frames selected by said selection unit into a new frame which includes the at least two frames; a parameter adjustment unit configured to adjust a parameter for controlling the image pickup unit, based on a pixel value of an image area contained within the new frame, so as to increase the quality of the image area contained within the new frame to a desired level; and a control unit configured to control the image pickup unit, based on the parameter adjusted by the parameter adjustment unit, to record data for identifying the image area contained within the new frame.