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Image capturing device, integrated circuit, image capturing method, program, and recording medium

A camera device and camera processing technology, which can be used in focusing devices, projection devices, televisions, etc., and can solve the problem of camera settings for shooting control settings, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-05-04
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORP OF AMERICA
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[0008] However, neither of the cameras of Patent Documents 1 and 2 can always properly set the setting values ​​for shooting control

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Embodiment approach 1

[0035] The digital camera 100 according to Embodiment 1 stores in advance a plurality of setting values ​​for controlling the camera mechanism suitable for each shooting environment (hereinafter also referred to as "shooting scene"), and automatically determines whether to shoot based on surrounding sounds. The scene can be used to automatically set each setting value for the control of the camera mechanism suitable for the shooting scene, thereby reducing the user's operation burden and being used to generate beautiful images.

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[0037] First, the device configuration of the digital camera 100 according to Embodiment 1 will be described.

[0038] figure 1 (a) is a perspective view showing the appearance of the front and upper surfaces of the digital camera 100, figure 1 (b) is a perspective view showing the appearance of the rear and upper surfaces of the digital camera 100 .

[0039] Such as figure 1 As shown in (a), on the front of the digital camera 100, a pho...

Deformed example 1

[0158] In Embodiment 1, an example of automatically specifying one shooting scene and setting each setting value corresponding to the specified shooting scene is described, but the following describes presenting candidates of shooting scenes to the user and setting the settings corresponding to the selected shooting scene. A modified example of each setting value of the shooting scene selected by the user.

[0159] Thereby, the user can perform shooting at each setting value suitable for the shooting scene through simple operations. In addition, since the user makes the final decision on the shooting scene, it can be used to generate more beautiful images.

[0160] The digital camera according to Modification 1 (hereinafter referred to as "modified digital camera") is configured by slightly changing the function of the photographing scene determination unit 137 of the digital camera 100 according to the first embodiment, so the modified part from the digital camera 100 Descri...

Deformed example 2

[0179] In Embodiment 1, a method of judging a photographing scene based on surrounding sounds and automatically setting each setting value for photographing mechanism control suitable for the judged photographing scene was described. In addition to this, the camera mechanism control after the correction is automatically set when the detection target (human face, artificial object, etc.) is specified based on the surrounding sounds and the specified detection target can be detected from the image data. Variations of each setting value used.

[0180] In addition, the description below will focus on changes made to the digital camera 100 according to Embodiment 1 described above.

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[0182] First, the functional configuration of the digital camera 200 according to Modification 2 will be described.

[0183] Figure 14 It is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of main parts of the digital camera 200 .

[0184] As shown in the figure, digital camera 200 ...

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Abstract

An image capturing device is provided with an image capturing mechanism, a sound acquiring means for acquiring sound data including information reflecting the image capturing environment, and a setting means for selecting a set value for controlling the image capturing mechanism according to the sound data acquired by the sound acquiring means.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an imaging device such as a digital still camera capable of taking pictures using setting values ​​for controlling a shooting mechanism corresponding to a shooting environment. Background technique [0002] In an imaging device such as a digital still camera, there is known a configuration in which the shooting environment is automatically determined and the shooting mechanism is controlled using a setting value corresponding to the determined shooting environment (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). [0003] The digital camera related to Patent Document 1 converts acquired RGB (Red, Green, Blue) data for one screen into HSV (Hue, Saturation Chroma, Brightness Lightness Value) data, based on Hue (Hue) data and Saturation (Saturation) data. Chroma) data, automatically determine the photographing environment, and control the photographing mechanism using set values ​​corresponding to the determination result. [0004...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N5/232G02B7/28G03B7/091G03B13/36G03B15/05G10L11/00G10L15/10H04N5/225G10L15/00G10L25/51
CPCG03B7/091G03B17/20G03B31/00H04N23/633H04N23/631
Inventor 川西亮一上野山努山本靖利宫崎桂一
Owner PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORP OF AMERICA
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