Patent ID: 7339606
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A still camera for capturing an image of a subject, comprising: an image pick-up unit for capturing a preliminary image, a plurality of intermediate images which are not stored for later use, and a final image, the plurality of intermediate images being captured after capturing the preliminary image and before capturing the final image; a main subject recognition unit for recognizing a main subject from the subject on the preliminary image; a main subject position determination unit for following the position of the main subject on the intermediate images and determining a position of the main subject on the final image; a notify means for notifying a user that the main subject have been framed out from the intermediate images, and an image capturing condition determination unit for analyzing the preliminary image and for determining an image capturing condition, wherein said image pick-up unit captures the final image based on the image capturing condition.