US 12,328,524 B2
Imaging device and image processing method
Masayuki Hirabayashi, Kyoto (JP); Yasunobu Hashimoto, Kyoto (JP); and Hiroshi Shimizu, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/527,950.
Application 18/527,950 is a continuation of application No. 18/054,600, filed on Nov. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,870,944.
Application 18/054,600 is a continuation of application No. 17/499,275, filed on Oct. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,528,432, issued on Dec. 13, 2022.
Application 17/499,275 is a continuation of application No. 16/709,476, filed on Dec. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,159,714, issued on Oct. 26, 2021.
Application 16/709,476 is a continuation of application No. 15/739,097, granted, now 10,542,224, issued on Jan. 21, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2015/068535, filed on Jun. 26, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0106972 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 5/272 (2006.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G11B 27/031 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 5/272 (2013.01) [G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G11B 27/031 (2013.01); H04N 5/2625 (2013.01); H04N 5/772 (2013.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable imaging apparatus comprising;
a display including a touch panel;
a camera configured to capture an image of an object and output an image signal of the image;
an image processor configured to:
generate an image data from the image signal from the camera;
execute a face recognition process on the image data;
pick up a partial image data from the image data;
execute a composition process to generate a composition image data using the partial image; and
compress the image data in a predetermined compression scheme;
a processor configured to:
store a first image data, including an image of a first person, in a memory;
store a second image data, including an image of a second person, in the memory;
control the image processor to execute the face recognition process on both the first image data and the second image data;
control the image processor to pick up a partial image data from the second image data, the partial image data including the image of the second person;
control the image processor to execute composition process to generate a first composition image data using both the first image data and the partial image data,
store a third image data, including another image of the second person, in the memory;
control the image processor to pick up another partial image data from the third image data, the another partial image data including the another image of the second person;
control the image processor to execute composition process again to generate a second composition image data using both the first composition image data and the another partial image data,
control the image processor to compress the second composition image data; and
store the compressed second composition image data in a storage.