Image capture device that records image accordant with predetermined condition and program

Abstract

An image capture device (1) sets a central vicinity of a frame (606) of a predetermined area as a focus region upon detecting a half-press operation of a shutter button (3) in a through-the-lens image displaying, designates a central vicinity pixel region of the region as a pixel region (608) to be tracked, and determines whether or not the designated pixel region is adequate as an object of tracking. If the pixel region is adequate, the pixel region is tracked until the shutter button is detected as pressed down fully. When a fully-press operation of the shutter button is detected, the frame of a predetermined area is displayed in a fixed manner on a display unit (6). Upon a detection that a change of the pixel region has occurred, or the pixel region has contacted or exceeded the frame of a predetermined area, a recording processing is started immediately by a high speed consecutive capture.

Description

technical field

[0001] The present invention relates to an imaging device and an imaging method thereof, and more specifically, to an imaging device and an imaging method thereof for recording images satisfying predetermined conditions from successively captured images. Background technique

[0002] In the imaging device, there is designed a function of automatically recording when a predetermined condition is satisfied among the images acquired by continuous shooting. As an example, in the technique described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2007-215064, for example, images for analysis are successively obtained before recording the original image, and images of feature points are extracted from the images for analysis. Thereafter, the images of the feature points are tracked to analyze time-series changes, and images of desired imaging patterns are automatically recorded at timing based on the analysis results.

[0003] However, as described above...

Images