Patent Document ID: 8786725
Application ID: 13362670
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A camera comprising: a face portion detection part configured to detect, in an image signal from an image pickup device, a face portion included in the image signal; a face position detection part configured to detect a position and a size of the detected face portion; a whole subject image determining part configured to determine whether the image is a whole subject image or a half subject image based on the detected position and largeness of the face portion; a pose determining part configured to, (1) if the image is determined as a half subject image, determine a pose of the subject based on whether a positional relationship between the face position and a position corresponding to a hand is a predetermined positional relationship, and (2) if the image is determined as a whole subject image, determine a pose of the subject based on whether a positional relationship between the face position and a position corresponding to a leg is a predetermined positional relationship.