Subject detecting method and apparatus, and digital photographing apparatus

US9111129B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9111129-B2
Application numberUS-201213599120-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 30, 2012
Priority dateNov 15, 2011
Publication dateAug 18, 2015
Grant dateAug 18, 2015

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A subject detecting method and a subject detecting apparatus, by which face detection may be efficiently performed in a digital photographing apparatus having a flippable display unit, and when an image input via an image sensor of the digital photographing apparatus is different from an image displayed on the display unit due to rotation of the digital photographing apparatus, a face detection coordinate may be corrected to increase the reliability of face detection.

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What is claimed is: 1. A subject detecting method comprising: displaying an input image on a display unit; detecting a subject from the input image and producing a coordinate of the detected subject; transforming the coordinate of the detected subject according to a rotation state of the input image and a display state of the input image; and displaying a subject detection frame indicating the detected subject so that the subject detection frame conforms to the transformed c…

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What does patent US9111129B2 cover?
A subject detecting method and a subject detecting apparatus, by which face detection may be efficiently performed in a digital photographing apparatus having a flippable display unit, and when an image input via an image sensor of the digital photographing apparatus is different from an image displayed on the display unit due to rotation of the digital photographing apparatus, a face detection…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Kim Jong-Sun, Song Won-Seok, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N23/611. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 18 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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