Patent ID: 8243159

Claim:
An image capturing device comprising: an image capturing unit that captures a subject and generates a captured image; a resolution converting unit that converts the captured image into a plurality of images with different resolutions; an image storing unit that stores the converted plurality of images with different resolutions as a set of images; a first image analysis processing unit that performs a first image analysis process that is a process of analyzing the captured image to determine whether the captured image includes a face by using a first combination of a first plurality of images among the images included in the set of images; and a second image analysis processing unit that performs a second image analysis process different from the first image analysis process, the second image analysis process being a process of analyzing the captured image to determine a physical attribute of the same face detected by the first image analysis processing unit by using, among the images included in the set of images, a second combination of a second plurality of images different from the first combination of the first plurality of images.