Patent ID: 8125526

Claim:
A camera comprising: a face portion detection part configured to detect a face portion included in an image signal from the image signal output from an image pickup device; a reference value storing part configured to pre-store reference values for coordinates of the face portion and reference values for coordinates of a hand or leg, or reference values for an amount of change in the coordinates of the hand or leg; a contour detection part configured to detect a contour of a subject from the image signal output from the image pickup device; a determination part configured to select coordinates corresponding to a hand or leg from the contour detected by the contour detection part, and determine (1) whether coordinates of the detected face portion and the selected coordinates corresponding to the hand or leg match the reference values stored in the reference value storing part, or (2) whether the amount of change in the selected coordinates of the hand or leg exceeds reference value stored in the reference value storing part; and a control part configured to attach, when the determination part determines that the reference values are matched or exceeded, data on a processed image for identifying the processed image as a candidate image to be stored or displayed preferentially.