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Imaging apparatus and imaging system

US9094597B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 2012
Grant dateJul 28, 2015
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/66
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture an image of a subject; an identification information storage unit configured to store a particular subject and a terminal device corresponding to the particular subject; a face detection unit and a face recognition unit configured to detect the particular subject stored in the identification information storage unit in the image captured by the image sensor; and a microcomputer configured to notify, when the face detection unit and the face recognition unit detect the particular subject, the terminal device which is stored in the identification information storage unit and corresponds to the detected particular subject that the particular subject is detected.

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