Imaging device, imaging method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9838597-B2
Application number	US-201615203041-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2016
Priority date	Oct 30, 2013
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

An imaging device includes: an imaging unit imaging an object and generating image data of the object; a display unit displaying an image corresponding to the image data; a display controller controlling the display unit to display an expression guide image in which at least a part of expression of a face in the object has been changed; an expression determination unit determining similarity between the expressions in the image and in the expression guide image; an imaging controller controlling the imaging unit to continuously image the object until the expression determination unit determines that the expressions in the image and in the expression guide image are matched, wherein the display controller controls the display unit to display another expression guide image at a time the expression determination unit determines that the expressions in the image in the expression guide image are matched.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A display device comprising:
a display that displays an image corresponding to image data of an object generated by an imager;
a display controller that controls the display to display a posture guide image in which at least a part of a posture of the object has been changed;
a posture determinator that determines similarity between the posture of the object in the image corresponding to the image data generated by the imager and the posture of the object in the posture guide image displayed by the display;
a controller that controls the imager to continuously image the object at a time the posture determinator determines that the posture of the object in the image and the posture of the object in the posture guide image are not matched.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller changes a frame rate of the imager or changes a data size of the image data at the time the posture determinator determines that the posture of the object in the image and the posture of the object in the posture guide image are not matched.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a recorder that records the image data generated by the imager and a sample image obtained such that a model of a predetermined posture is captured in advance as a sample, and
wherein the posture determinator determines whether or not the posture of the object in the image and the posture in the sample image are matched, and
the controller records the image data generated by the imager in the recorder at the time the posture determinator determines that the posture of the object in the image and the posture of the object in the posture guide image are matched.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the posture guide image is an image in which a direction of a face in the object has been changed.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a face detector that detects a face in the object in the image;
a pupil detector that detects a sclera area and a pupil area of the face detected by the face detector; and
a pupil-changed image generator that generates pupil-changed image data in which a position of the pupil area in the sclera area has been changed in accordance with a detection result detected by the pupil detector, and
wherein the display controller controls the display to display, as the posture guide image, a face-direction-and-pupil-changed image corresponding to the pupil-changed image data generated by the pupil-changed image generator.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , further comprising a part position-changed image generator that generates part-changed image data in which each part that configures the face detected by the face detector has been moved into an arranging direction of the pupil area in the sclera area changed by the pupil-changed image generator, and
wherein the display controller controls the display to display, as the posture guide image, a part position-changed image corresponding to the part position-changed image data generated by the part position-changed image generator.

7. The display device according to claim 5 , further comprising a part position-changed image generator that generates part-changed image data in which a size of each part that configures the face detected by the face detector has been increased or reduced in accordance with a distance between the imaging device and the object, and
wherein the display controller controls the display to display, as the posture guide image, a part position-changed image corresponding to the part position-changed image data generated by the part position-changed image generator.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising the imager that images the object and generates the image data of the object, wherein
the display is rotatably provided to a main body of the imaging device from a back surface side of the imager to a front surface side of the imager and includes a display area in which the image corresponding to the image data is displayed, and
the display controller controls the display to display the posture guide image at a time the display has rotated to the front surface side and the display area faces the front surface side.

9. A display method for an imaging device including a display that displays an image, the imaging method comprising:
imaging step of imaging an object and generating image data of the object by the imaging device,
displaying step of causing the display to display a posture guide image in which at least a part of a posture of the object has been changed;
posture determination step of determining similarity between the posture of the object in the image corresponding to the image data generated by the imaging device and the posture of the object in the posture guide image displayed by the display; and
imaging control step of controlling imaging of the imaging device based on a result of the determination by the posture determination step.

10. A display method for an imaging device including an imager that images an object and generates image data of the object, and a display that displays an image corresponding to the image data generated by the imager, the imaging method comprising:
displaying step of causing the display to display a posture guide image in which at least a part of a posture of the object has been changed;
posture determination step of determining similarity between the posture of the object in the image corresponding to the image data generated by the imager and the posture of the object in the posture guide image displayed by the display; and
switching step of causing the display to display another posture guide image at a time the posture determination step determines that the posture of the object in the image and the posture of the object in the posture guide image are matched.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor of an imaging device including an imager that images an object and generates image data of the object, and a display that displays an image corresponding to the image data generated by the imager, to perform:
displaying step of causing the display to display a posture guide image in which at least a part of a posture of the object has been changed;
posture determination step of determining similarity between the posture of the object in the image corresponding to the image data generated by the imager and the posture of the object in the posture guide image displayed by the display; and
imaging control step of controlling imaging of the imager based on a result of the determination by the posture determination step.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor of an imaging device including an imager that images an object and generates image data of the object, and a display that displays an image corresponding to the image data generated by the imager, to perform:
displaying step of causing the display to display a posture guide image in which at least a part of a posture of the object has been changed;
posture determination step of determining similarity between the posture of the object in the image corresponding to the image data generated by the imager and the posture of the object in the posture guide image displayed by the display; and
switching step of causing the display to display another posture guide image at a time the posture determination step determines that the posture of the object in the image and the posture of the

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Uemura Tomomi
• Yamaguchi Mai
• Uemura Yuiko
• Yamamoto Sachie
• Nonaka Osamu

Classifications

• H04N23/632

  for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters · CPC title

• H04N23/531

  being rotatable or detachable · CPC title

• H04N23/633

  for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera · CPC title

• G03B17/04 Primary

  collapsible, foldable or extensible, e.g. book type · CPC title

• H04N23/61

  based on recognised objects · CPC title