Patent Document ID: 8675082
Application ID: 12880977
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An imaging device, comprising: a photographing lens for forming a subject image; an imaging section for converting the subject image to image signals and outputting the image signals; a storage section for storing image data obtained based on the image signals output from the imaging section; an attitude detection section for detecting an attitude of the imaging device; an image detection section for detecting a face image contained in the image signals; a storage control section for determining storage start and storage end for the image data, based on detection results of the attitude detection section and detection results of the image detection section, the storage control section determines storage start and storage end for the image data based whether or not output of both the attitude detection section and the image detection section are stable for a specified time; and a setting section capable of setting a requested shooting mode for requesting another person to shoot, wherein if the requested shooting mode has been set, the storage control section determines storage start and storage end for the image data, based on detection results of the attitude detection section and detection results of the image detection section, and wherein the photographing lens is a zoom lens, and has a field of view control section for automatically moving the viewing angle of the zoom lens to a wide angle end before detection of the face images by the image detection section.