JP5370555B2 - Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing device capable of setting an image quality desired by a user with ease. <P>SOLUTION: An image processing device applied to an imaging device 1 has an image acquisition part 41, an input operation acceptance part 43, an image quality processing decision part 46, and an image quality processing information presentation part 47. The image acquisition part 41 acquires image data. The input operation acceptance part 43 accepts a selection operation in a predetermined range to the image data acquired by the image acquisition part 41. The image quality processing decision part 46 decides image quality processing to be performed to the image data acquired by the image acquisition part 41 on the basis of the predetermined range accepted by the input operation acceptance part 43. The image quality processing information presentation part 47 presents information related to the image quality processing decided by the image quality processing decision part 46. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program.

In recent years, by setting shooting conditions and image processing conditions, there is an increasing demand for digital cameras capable of performing an imaging operation under the set shooting conditions and performing image processing under the set image processing conditions.
In view of the difficulty of setting such shooting conditions and image processing conditions, a digital camera that automatically sets shooting conditions and image processing setting conditions based on the surrounding environment at the time of shooting is known. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-11289 A

  However, since the digital camera described in Patent Document 1 automatically sets shooting conditions and image processing conditions, a condition is set so that the image quality is slightly higher than that of a strong effect. Therefore, an image obtained as a result of image processing after being taken does not necessarily have a satisfactory image quality for the user.

  On the other hand, a lot of technical knowledge is required for setting the shooting conditions and image processing conditions. For this reason, even if a mode for manually setting shooting conditions and image processing conditions is provided, it is very difficult for many users to perform accurate image quality adjustment.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program that can easily set an image quality desired by a user.

In order to achieve the above object, an imaging device of one embodiment of the present invention includes:
Imaging means;
An accepting means for accepting an operation of selecting a predetermined area in the image captured by the image capturing means;
Presenting means for presenting photographing conditions when an image is picked up by the image pickup means based on an image of an area selected by the selection operation;
A setting unit for setting a shooting condition selected based on a selection operation from the shooting conditions presented by the presenting unit as a current shooting condition;
Control means for controlling the imaging operation of the imaging means in accordance with the imaging conditions set by the setting means;
Discrimination means for discriminating one or more types of target areas included in the image based on the data of the image taken by the imaging means;
A determining unit that determines, as a selection region, a target region that includes a region selected by the selection operation among the one or more types of target regions determined by the determination unit;
A determination unit that determines a shooting situation including a shooting environment of the imaging unit when capturing the image based on the one or more types of target areas determined by the determination unit;
Equipped with a,
The presenting means presents the photographing condition based on the selected area determined by the determining means and the photographing situation determined by the determining means.
It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily set an image quality desired by a user.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an imaging apparatus 1 as an embodiment of an image processing apparatus of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure for performing an imaging | photography process among the functional structures of the imaging device of FIG. 2 shows an example of the structure of a reference table stored in the ROM of the imaging apparatus in FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a flow of imaging processing executed by the imaging apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is an example of a live view image displayed at the start of the photographing process of FIG. 4. FIG. FIG. 5 is an example of a live view image displayed during the shooting process of FIG. 4 when the shooting environment is “person + backlight etc.”; FIG. 5 is an example of a live view image displayed during the shooting process of FIG. 4 when the shooting environment is “person + backlight etc.”; FIG. 5 is an example of a live view image displayed during the shooting process of FIG. 4 when the shooting environment is “person + backlight etc.”; FIG. 5 is an example of a live view image displayed during the shooting process of FIG. 4 when the shooting environment is “night view + person”. FIG. 5 is an example of a live view image displayed during the shooting process of FIG. 4 when the shooting environment is “person”.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an imaging apparatus 1 as an embodiment of an image processing apparatus of the present invention.
The imaging device 1 is configured as a digital camera, for example.

  The imaging device 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an image processing unit 14, a bus 15, an input / output interface 16, and an imaging unit. 17, an input unit 18, an output unit 19, a storage unit 20, an angular velocity sensor 21, a communication unit 22, and a drive 23.

  The CPU 11 executes various processes according to a program recorded in the ROM 12 or a program loaded from the storage unit 20 to the RAM 13.

  The RAM 13 appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 11 to execute various processes.

The image processing unit 14 is configured by a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), a VRAM (Video Random Access Memory), and the like, and performs various image processing on image data in cooperation with the CPU 11.
For example, the image processing unit 14 performs noise reduction and white balance adjustment on image data output from the imaging unit 17 based on image quality processing information set by an image quality processing information setting unit 49 in FIG. Various image processing such as camera shake correction is performed.

  The CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, and image processing unit 14 are connected to each other via a bus 15. An input / output interface 16 is also connected to the bus 15. An imaging unit 17, an input unit 18, an output unit 19, a storage unit 20, an angular velocity sensor 21, a communication unit 22, and a drive 23 are connected to the input / output interface 16.

  Although not shown, the imaging unit 17 includes an optical lens unit including a focus lens and a zoom lens, and an image sensor.

The optical lens unit includes various lenses such as a focus lens and a zoom lens in order to photograph a subject.
The focus lens is a lens that forms a subject image on the light receiving surface of the image sensor. The zoom lens is a lens that freely changes the focal length within a certain range.
The optical lens unit is also provided with a peripheral circuit for adjusting setting parameters such as focus, exposure, and white balance as necessary.

The image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion element, AFE (Analog Front End), and the like.
The photoelectric conversion element is composed of, for example, a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) type photoelectric conversion element or the like. A subject image is incident on the photoelectric conversion element from the optical lens unit. Therefore, the photoelectric conversion element photoelectrically converts (captures) the subject image, accumulates the image signal for a predetermined time, and sequentially supplies the accumulated image signal as an analog signal to the AFE.
The AFE performs various signal processing such as A / D (Analog / Digital) conversion processing on the analog image signal. A digital signal is generated by various signal processing and output as an output signal of the imaging unit 17.
Such an output signal of the imaging unit 17 is hereinafter referred to as “captured image data”. The captured image data is appropriately supplied to the CPU 11.

  The operation of the imaging unit 17 is controlled by the CPU 11 in detail by an imaging control unit 51 described with reference to FIG. For example, the imaging control unit 51 sets various imaging conditions for the imaging unit 17. For example, the imaging control unit 51 sets a zoom magnification as one of the imaging conditions, and controls a lens driving unit (not shown) to drive the zoom lens so that the set zoom magnification is obtained.

  The input unit 18 includes various buttons and a touch panel such as a power button and a shutter button, and inputs various information according to a user's instruction operation.

The structure and method of the touch panel are not particularly limited, but a resistive film type or capacitive type touch panel is adopted.
The resistive film type touch panel is formed by superimposing a soft surface film such as PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) and a liquid crystal glass film in the back on the display screen of the output unit 19 in parallel. A transparent conductive film is attached to each of the films, and each film is electrically insulated via a transparent spacer. The surface film and the glass film each have a conductor, and when the user performs an operation of bringing a projection such as a finger or a stylus pen into contact with the display screen (hereinafter referred to as “screen touch operation”), the projection The surface film is bent by the stress caused by the object, and the surface film and the glass film are partially in a conductive state. At this time, the electrical resistance value and potential change according to the contact position of the protrusion. CPU11 detects the coordinate of the contact position of the said protrusion based on such an electrical resistance value or a change of electric potential.

The output unit 19 includes a display, a speaker, and the like, and outputs images and sounds.
The storage unit 20 is configured by a hard disk, a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), or the like, and stores various image data.

The angular velocity sensor 21 physically and directly detects the movement of the imaging device 1, and sends a motion detection signal (blur signal) indicating the angular velocity to the CPU 11, in detail to the imaging control unit 51 of FIG. 2 described later. Output.
The imaging control unit 51 can determine whether or not the incidental condition that the imaging apparatus 1 is photographed with a tripod (not shown) attached, for example, by analyzing a blur signal.
“Attachment conditions” are conditions that are not directly classified as shooting conditions or image processing conditions, but conditions that have some influence on the imaging operation of the imaging unit 17 and the results of image processing of the image processing unit 14. If it is enough. The incidental conditions are composed of an arbitrary number of arbitrary types of conditions. That is, the condition that the imaging device 1 is not photographed with a tripod (not shown) attached (hereinafter referred to as “no tripod”) is merely an example of the incidental condition.
Specifically, the imaging control unit 51 determines that the imaging device 1 is attached to a tripod when it is determined as a result of analysis that the received blur signal is smaller than a predetermined threshold. On the other hand, when the imaging control unit 51 determines that the received blur signal is greater than the predetermined threshold, the imaging control unit 51 determines that the imaging device 1 is not attached to the tripod and is captured by hand.
Note that the imaging control unit 51 may calculate the correction amount according to the shake signal detected by the angular velocity sensor 21 and drive the image sensor by an actuator provided in the imaging unit 17. In this case, the actuator drives the image sensor in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the optical lens unit according to the correction amount from the imaging control unit 51.

The communication unit 22 controls communication with other devices (not shown) via a network including the Internet.
A removable medium 31 made of a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately attached to the drive 23. The program read from the removable medium 31 by the drive 23 is installed in the storage unit 20 as necessary. The removable medium 31 can also store various data such as image data stored in the storage unit 20 in the same manner as the storage unit 20.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration for executing a photographing process among the functional configurations of the imaging apparatus 1 as described above.

The “photographing process” here is not a general photographing process but a series of processes as follows. That is, the imaging apparatus 1 determines one or more display targets from information related to image quality processing settings (hereinafter referred to as “image quality processing information”) based on the shooting situation and the user's screen touch operation. The one or more display objects are displayed from the display of the output unit 19.
Here, the image quality process refers to a process that affects the image quality of the image among the processes of the imaging apparatus 1 that are executed until the image is captured and recorded. Here, control processing executed on the image capturing unit 17 before or during the image capturing and image processing performed on the captured image data output from the image capturing unit 17 are employed as an example of image quality processing. ing.
The user performs a screen touch operation on the image quality processing information desired to be set (area in the screen in which it is displayed) among the one or more image quality processing information displayed in this way.
Then, the imaging apparatus 1 sets the image quality processing information on which the screen touch operation has been performed as setting information. Then, the imaging apparatus 1 executes image quality processing based on the set setting information.

In the CPU 11, when execution of the shooting process is controlled, the image acquisition unit 41, the region type determination unit 42, the input operation reception unit 43, the selection region determination unit 44, the shooting situation determination unit 45, and the image quality processing The determination unit 46, the image quality processing information presentation unit 47, the display control unit 48, and the image quality processing information setting unit 49 function.
In the CPU 11, the imaging control unit 51 functions to control the imaging unit 17.

The image acquisition unit 41 acquires captured image data output from the imaging unit 17 as live view image data.
That is, the CPU 11 and the like display the live view image on the display of the output unit 19 by executing the live view imaging process and the live view display process before and after the shooting process.
Specifically, the CPU 11 or the like continues the imaging operation by the imaging unit 17 when, for example, the operation mode is switched to the imaging operation mode. The CPU 11 and the like temporarily store captured image data sequentially output from the imaging unit 17 in the memory (the storage unit 20 in the present embodiment) while the imaging operation by the imaging unit 17 is continued. . Such a series of control processes is the “live view imaging process” referred to herein.
In addition, the CPU 11 and the like sequentially read out the data of each captured image temporarily recorded in the memory (the storage unit 20 in the present embodiment) during the live view imaging process, and sequentially output the captured image to the output unit 19. Display. Such a series of control processes is the “live view display process” referred to herein. Further, the captured image displayed on the output unit 19 by the live view display process is a “live view image” here.
That is, the image acquisition unit 41 acquires the live view image data temporarily stored in the memory in the live view display process, and executes the process up to the process of supplying the data to the region type determination unit 42 and the display control unit 48. . The display control unit 48 to be described later executes processing up to displaying the live view image from the output unit 19.

The region type determination unit 42 determines one or more types of target regions for the live view image data supplied by the image acquisition unit 41.
The “target region” refers to a region indicating a characteristic target in the live view image. Here, the term “object” generally refers to an object that can be compared with other subjects (objects) such as a background such as “sunlight” and “blue sky” as well as an object that is a foreground. In the present embodiment, the types of target areas include various types such as “landscape”, “blue sky”, “green”, “sunset”, “person”, “night view”, “backlight”, “macro”, “action”, etc. The area is adopted.
Specifically, the region type determination unit 42 calculates the contrast change using color information or the like in the live view image data, and based on the calculation result, the “person” or the “person” included in the live view image is calculated. A region indicating “green” or the like is determined as a target region.
Note that the method for determining the target region is not particularly limited to this. A technique may be employed in which a contour line is detected using pixel values of the edge of the background image, and a region in the contour line is determined as a target region.
The region type determination unit 42 supplies information that can identify the target region determined from the live view image, for example, information including the position coordinates of the target region, to the selection region determination unit 44 together with the data of the live view image.

The input operation accepting unit 43 accepts a selection operation within a predetermined range for the live view image data acquired by the image acquiring unit 41 as an operation on the input unit 18 by the user.
Specifically, the user performs a screen touch operation on a predetermined range (touch panel of the input unit 18) desired to perform image quality adjustment from the live view images displayed on the entire display screen of the output unit 19. By doing so, the predetermined range can be selected.
The input operation reception unit 43 receives the screen touch operation, recognizes a predetermined range selected by the screen touch operation, and supplies the recognition result to the selection region determination unit 44.
The input operation accepting unit 43 recognizes a predetermined range by a screen touch operation, but is not limited to this. For example, an operation from a selection range setting button (not shown) of the input unit 18 Based on the above, a predetermined range may be recognized.

Based on a predetermined range recognized by the input operation accepting unit 43, the selection region determining unit 44 selects the image quality processing target from one or more target regions determined by the region type determining unit 42 by the user. The selected area (hereinafter referred to as “selected area”) is determined.
Specifically, the selection region determination unit 44 determines a region including a predetermined range recognized by the input operation reception unit 43 as a selection region from one or more target regions determined by the region type determination unit 42. To do.
The selection region determination unit 44 supplies information that can specify the determined selection region to the image quality processing determination unit 46.

The shooting situation determination unit 45 determines a situation (hereinafter referred to as “shooting situation”) related to the incidental conditions and the shooting environment.
As the “additional condition”, the zoom magnification of the imaging unit 17 set by the imaging control unit 51 is constant in addition to the above-mentioned “no tripod” condition determined based on the shake signal detected by the angular velocity sensor 21. It is possible to employ a condition of higher than the above (hereinafter referred to as “during high zoom”).
The “imaging environment” is an environment specified from the contents currently included in the angle of view of the imaging apparatus 1. More specifically, the environment is specified based on one or more target areas included in the live view image determined by the area type determination unit 42. In the present embodiment, “landscape”, “landscape + blue sky”, “landscape + green”, “landscape + sunset”, “person”, “landscape + person”, “night view”, “night view + person”, “person + “Backlight”, “macro”, “action”, and “landscape + blue sky + green + person + action + backlight” are employed as shooting environments.
The shooting situation determination unit 45 supplies information indicating the determined shooting situation to the image quality processing determination unit 46.

The image quality processing determination unit 46 applies the live view image data acquired by the image acquisition unit 41 based on the shooting status determined by the shooting status determination unit 45 and the selection area determined by the selection area determination unit 44. One or more candidates for image quality processing to be performed are determined.
Specifically, as described above, the selection area refers to the touch panel (input unit 18) superimposed on the entire screen of the display (output unit 19) on which the live view image is displayed. The area where the screen touch operation is performed as a desired range where image quality processing is desired.
Therefore, in the following, if the selected region is also referred to as “touch part”, the image quality processing determination unit 46 determines the touch part specified by the screen touch operation by the user, the shooting environment determined by the shooting state determination unit 45, and the incidental information. Based on the condition, the image quality processing is determined. Further, the image quality processing determination unit 46 provides information regarding the determined image quality processing (hereinafter referred to as “image quality processing information”) to the image quality processing information presentation unit 47.

  More specifically, the image quality processing determining unit 46 determines image quality processing information based on the reference table recorded in the ROM 12 and supplies the image quality processing information to the image quality processing information presenting unit 47. The reference table will be described below.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the structure of a reference table stored in the ROM 12 of the imaging apparatus shown in FIG.
The reference table is a combination of “imaging environment”, “touch part” and “incidental conditions” (hereinafter referred to as “condition combination”) and a combination of “menu”, “actual processing” and “default”. It is a table which shows a relationship. Therefore, the structure of the reference table is not particularly limited as long as it shows such a relationship, but in the present embodiment, it has a matrix structure as shown in FIG.
The predetermined row of the reference table in FIG. 3 is associated with one predetermined condition combination specified by “imaging environment”, “touch site”, and “accompanying condition”. In the predetermined row, “menu”, “actual processing”, and “default” applied to the condition combination are stored.

Specifically, the “menu” stored in a predetermined line is information indicating the content of the image quality processing information applied to the condition combination associated with the predetermined line. This “menu” is the content of the image quality processing information presented by the image quality processing information presentation unit 47 described later.
“Actual processing” stored in a predetermined row refers to information indicating the content of image quality processing applied to a condition combination associated with the predetermined row. That is, this “actual processing” indicates the contents of each of image processing described later actually performed by the image processing unit 14 and imaging processing actually performed by the imaging control unit 51.
The “default” stored in the predetermined row is executed for each image quality process stored in the “actual processing” of the predetermined row, which is applied to the condition combination associated with the predetermined row. The default (initial setting) of the permission / prohibition state is shown. Here, permission to execute the predetermined image processing is indicated by “ON”, and prohibition of execution of the predetermined image processing is indicated by “OFF”. That is, image processing that is set to ON by default is executed unless the user changes the setting to “OFF”. On the other hand, image processing that is set to OFF by default is not executed (effective is prohibited) unless the user changes the setting to “ON”.

The point to be noted here is that, as shown in FIG. 3, even if the same “touch part” is selected, the “menu (image quality processing information)” varies depending on the “imaging environment” and “incidental conditions”. Is a point.
For example, even when “face” is selected as the “touch part”, the “shooting environment” is “person” and the “shooting condition” is “person + night view”. Menu (image quality processing information) "is different.
Specifically, when the “shooting condition” is “person” and the “touch part” is “face”, “take a beautiful face of a person”, “ “Menu (image quality processing information)” “determining” and “raising ISO sensitivity to prevent camera shake” are determined.
On the other hand, when the “shooting environment” is “person + night view” and the “touch part” is “face”, “flashes to brighten the image”, “capturing the face of the person cleanly” “Menu (image quality processing information)” “decrease shine on human face” is determined.

Also, the type of image quality processing that can be “actual processing” is not particularly limited to the example disclosed in FIG. 3.
However, in the present embodiment, the following types (1) to (10) are adopted as image quality processing that can be “actual processing”. Note that the number and type of image quality processing associated with “actual processing” for one condition combination is not particularly limited, and an arbitrary number of arbitrary ones of the following types (1) to (10): Can be associated.
(1) Intelligent AF (Variable control of focus point)
(2) Person makeup (3) Landscape makeup (partial saturation adjustment)
(4) Overall saturation adjustment (5) White balance (6) Intelligent color (partial hue adjustment)
(7) Adaptive noise reduction (8) Adaptive ISO sensitivity control to shutter speed control (9) Adaptive sharpness (10) Lighting (Adaptive gamma curve adjustment)

The image quality processing information presentation unit 47 executes control for presenting the image quality processing information determined by the image quality processing determination unit 46 to the user.
Here, the form of presentation is not particularly limited, and for example, a form presented by a predetermined voice may be adopted. However, in the present embodiment, an image including a menu indicating image quality processing information is displayed on the display of the output unit 19. A display form is adopted.
Specifically, the image quality processing information presenting unit 47 refers to the adaptation table of FIG. 3 and selects “menu (image quality processing information) corresponding to the condition combination of“ imaging environment ”,“ touch site ”, and“ accompanying condition ”. Is supplied to the image quality processing information setting unit 49 and the display control unit 48.

The display control unit 48 superimposes the image data indicating the menu (image quality processing information) presented by the image quality processing information presentation unit 47 on the data of the live view image supplied from the imaging unit 17, and the data obtained as a result Control for displaying the image expressed by the above (hereinafter referred to as “image quality processing information superimposed image”) on the display of the output unit 19 is executed.
The image quality processing information superimposed image data can also be output to an external device (not shown) by the communication unit 22. As a result, the image quality processing information superimposed image can be displayed also by an external device such as a television receiver, a personal computer, or a projector.

The image quality processing information setting unit 49 sets the image quality processing information selected from the plurality of image quality processing information (menu) presented by the image quality processing information presentation unit 47 as the current setting information.
The image quality processing information setting unit 49 supplies the set image quality processing information to the imaging control unit 51 and the image processing unit 14. Details of the setting of the image quality processing information will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The imaging control unit 51 controls the imaging operation of the imaging unit 17 based on the image quality processing information set by the image quality processing information setting unit 49.

  The image processing unit 14 performs image processing based on the image quality processing information set by the image quality processing information setting unit 49. Specifically, when the image quality processing information setting is performed by the image quality processing information setting unit 49, the image processing unit 14 stores the captured image data displayed as the live view image at the time of the instruction from the storage unit 20. get. Then, the image processing unit 14 generates image data after the image quality processing based on the set image quality processing information from the captured image (live view image) data, and stores the image data in the removable medium 31.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, a photographing process will be described among the processes executed by the imaging apparatus 1 having the functional configuration of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of imaging processing executed by the imaging apparatus 1 of FIG. 1 having the functional configuration of FIG.

  The photographing process is started when the operation mode of the imaging apparatus 1 is switched to the photographing mode by a predetermined operation on the input unit 18 by the user. Thereafter, it is repeatedly executed every predetermined unit time. That is, the following processing is repeatedly executed every predetermined unit time.

In step S11, the display control unit 48 starts live view display processing. Thereby, the live view image is displayed on the display of the output unit 19.
In the present embodiment, when the live view display process is started in the process of step S <b> 11, the live view image is continuously displayed on the display of the output unit 19 until the shooting process is ended thereafter. . In addition, when the live view image display process is started, the region type determination unit 42 repeatedly determines the type of the target region in the live view image data acquired by the image acquisition unit 41 in units of frames. to continue.

In step S12, the shooting situation determination unit 45 determines the current shooting situation.
That is, the shooting situation determination unit 45 determines the shooting environment in the shooting situation based on one or more types of target areas determined by the area type determination unit 42, and also detects a blur signal from the angular velocity sensor 21 and an imaging unit. Based on the zoom magnification of 17, an incidental condition is determined from the shooting situation.

In step S <b> 13, the imaging control unit 51 determines whether the shutter button of the input unit 18 has been pressed.
When the shutter button is not pressed, it is determined as NO in Step S13, and the process proceeds to Step S14.

In step S14, the input operation reception unit 43 determines whether or not a screen touch operation has been performed.
When the screen touch operation is not performed, it is determined as NO in Step S14, the process returns to Step S12, and the subsequent processes are repeated. That is, when the shutter button is not operated and the screen touch operation is not performed, the loop processing of steps S11 to S14 is repeatedly executed, and the photographing processing enters a standby state.

Thereafter, when a screen touch operation is performed, it is determined as YES in Step S14, a predetermined range where the screen touch operation is performed is recognized by the input operation reception unit 43, and the process proceeds to Step S15. .
In step S15, the selection area determination unit 44 includes a target including a predetermined range in which the screen touch operation is performed in the process of step S14 among the one or more target areas determined from the live view image by the area type determination unit 42. The area is determined as the selection area.

  In step S16, the image quality processing determination unit 46 refers to the reference table in FIG. 3 based on the shooting situation determined in the process in step S12 and the selected area determined in the process in step S15. (Menu) is determined.

  In step S <b> 17, the display control unit 48 displays the image quality processing information (menu) determined in step S <b> 16 on the display of the output unit 19 under the control of the image quality processing information presentation unit 47. Specifically, the display control unit 48 superimposes the image quality processing information (menu) on the live view image, that is, displays the image quality processing information superimposed image on the display of the output unit 19.

In step S18, the input operation reception unit 43 determines whether a screen touch operation has been performed.
Here, the screen touch operation determined in the process of step S18 has a different meaning from the screen touch operation determined in the process of step S14.
That is, details will be described later with reference to FIG. 6 and subsequent drawings. The image quality processing information (menu) displayed in the process of step S17 is displayed by classifying one or more image quality processing information into each item. This means that for each item, whether or not the image quality processing indicated by the corresponding image quality processing information is executed is displayed as “ON” or “OFF”. However, at the stage where the image quality processing information (menu) is displayed in the process of step S17, the setting of whether or not to execute the image quality processing for each item is not fixed.
Therefore, the user performs a screen touch operation on the item of the image quality processing information whose setting is desired to be changed in the displayed image quality processing information (menu), so that the image quality processing represented by the image quality processing information is displayed. The execution setting can be changed.
On the other hand, when the user determines that there is no problem in setting the execution / non-execution of the image quality processing corresponding to each item while maintaining the displayed image quality processing information (menu), the user enters an area other than the image quality processing information (menu). On the other hand, the current setting can be maintained by performing the screen touch operation. In this case, the display of the image quality processing information (menu) is deleted. Note that a screen touch operation performed on an area other than the image quality processing information (menu) in this way is hereinafter referred to as a “cancel operation”.
Therefore, in step S18, it is determined whether or not a screen touch operation has been performed on any region of the entire display screen of the output unit 19.
When it is determined that such a screen touch operation is not performed (step S18: NO), the input operation receiving unit 43 returns the process to step S18 again. That is, until the screen touch operation is performed, the determination process in step S18 is repeatedly executed, and the imaging process is in a standby state.
Thereafter, when the user performs a screen touch operation on an area in the image quality processing information of the image quality processing information superimposed image, it is determined as YES in Step S18, and the process proceeds to Step S19.

In step S19, the input operation reception unit 43 determines whether or not a cancel operation has been performed.
Specifically, if a screen touch operation is performed on an area other than the image quality processing information (menu) in the image quality processing information superimposed image, it is determined that the cancel operation has been performed and YES is determined in step S19. After the determination and the display of the image quality processing information (menu) are erased, the processing is returned to step S12, and the subsequent processing is repeated.
On the other hand, if a screen touch operation is performed on any region in the image quality processing information (menu) of the image quality processing information superimposed image, it is determined NO in step S18 and then NO in step S19. And the process proceeds to step S20.

In step S20, the image quality processing information setting unit 49 reverses ON / OFF (setting) of the item and sets it as the current image quality processing information for the image quality processing information for which the screen touch operation has been performed in the processing of step S18.
When this process ends, the display of the image quality processing information (menu) is erased, and then the process returns to step S12, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

Thereafter, when the shutter button is operated, it is determined as YES in Step S13, and the process proceeds to Step S21.
In step S21, the imaging control unit 51 and the image processing unit 14 perform imaging recording processing.
The imaging recording process is represented in the image quality processing information with respect to the data of the captured image obtained as a result of performing a shooting operation under the shooting conditions represented in the image quality processing information based on the set image quality processing information. This refers to a series of processing until image processing is performed under conditions and data of the captured image after the image processing is recorded in a memory (such as the removable medium 31 in FIG. 1).
When this process ends, the imaging process ends.
When the user does not perform any screen touch operation (step S14 in FIG. 4: NO) and operates the shutter button (step S13: YES in FIG. 4), the imaging control unit 51 and the image processing unit 14 are operated. Referring to the reference table of FIG. 3, the imaging recording process is executed in the default state.

  Further, the photographing process will be specifically described below with reference to FIGS. 5 to 10.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a live view image displayed on the display of the output unit 19 at the start of the photographing process.
The user can cause the imaging device 1 to start the live view display process in step S11 (FIG. 4) by operating the input unit 18 (FIG. 1) and switching the operation mode of the imaging device 1 to the imaging mode. . At this time, the region type determination unit 42 determines one or more types of target regions included in the live view image based on the data of the live view image acquired from the image acquisition unit 41.
The target area is determined for each area based on the viewpoint of “lightness”, “hue”, “saturation”, and the like of the live view image. As a result, the area type determination unit 42 performs various types such as “human face”, “human skin”, “dark part”, “blue sky”, “green”, “sunset”, “darkness at night”, and the like. The target area can be determined. In the example of FIG. 5, the type of the target area 121 is determined to be “green”, the type of the target area 122 is determined to be “blue sky”, and the type of the target area 123 is “human skin”. Each is distinguished.

  6 to 8 show images displayed on the display of the output unit 19 during the shooting process of FIG. 4 when the shooting environment is “person + backlight etc.”, that is, “person” and “backlight” as target areas. An example of a live view image included in at least a target area is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, when the current shooting environment is determined by the shooting state determination unit 45 (step S12 in FIG. 4), a shooting environment information column 130 indicating the determined shooting environment is displayed in the output unit 19. Is displayed at the bottom of the display. In this embodiment, since it is determined that “person + backlight + blue sky + green + sunlight” is set as the shooting environment, the shooting environment information column 130 includes “person + backlight” that is information on the shortened shooting environment. Etc. "is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, the operation of the shutter button of the input unit 18 is not performed (step S13: NO in FIG. 4), and the screen is displayed with respect to the target region 123 indicating “human face” with the user's finger 101. When the touch operation is performed, the target area 123 is determined as the selection area (step S15 in FIG. 4). Then, the image quality processing determination unit 46 determines image quality processing information (menu) based on the shooting situation and the determined selection area with reference to the reference table of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6C, the image quality processing information presentation unit 47 displays the image quality processing information (menu) 132 determined for the determined selection area on the display of the output unit 19 (step of FIG. 4). S17).
In the example of FIG. 6C, “face” determined as the selection area is notified by the frame 131, and image quality processing information (menu) 132 corresponding to the selection area is displayed on the display.
That is, in the case of this example, referring to the reference table of FIG. 3, the shooting environment is “person + backlight + blue sky + green + sunlight”, the touched part is “face”, and there are no incidental conditions. The selected image quality processing information (menu) 132 is displayed. That is, as the image quality processing information (menu) 132, “flash is corrected by emitting a flash”, “correct backlight is corrected without emitting a flash”, “taking a beautiful face of a person”, “not closing eyes” An item (each image quality processing information) such as “capturing the moment of smile” is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 7A, the operation of the shutter button of the input unit 18 is not continuously performed (step S13: NO in FIG. 4), and the screen is displayed on the target region 122 indicating “blue sky” with the user's finger 101. When the touch operation is performed, the target area 122 is determined as a selection area (step S15 in FIG. 4). Then, the image quality processing determination unit 46 determines image quality processing information (menu) based on the shooting situation and the determined selection area with reference to the reference table of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7B, the image quality processing information presentation unit 47 displays the image quality processing information (menu) 142 determined for the determined selection area on the display of the output unit 19 (step of FIG. 4). S17).
In the example of FIG. 7B, in this embodiment, a blue sky determined as a selection area is notified by a frame 141, and image quality processing information (menu) 142 corresponding to the selection area is displayed on the display. Yes.
That is, in the case of this example, referring to the reference table of FIG. 3, the shooting environment is “person + backlight + blue sky + green + sunlight”, the touched part is “blue sky”, and there are no incidental conditions. The selected image quality processing information (menu) 142 is displayed. That is, as the image quality processing information (menu) 142, items such as “emphasize blue sky”, “change blue sky to dark blue”, and “white balance in the shade of a tree” are displayed (each image quality processing information).

  As shown in FIG. 8A, the screen of the target area 121 indicating “green” is displayed by the user's finger 101 without operating the shutter button of the input unit 18 (step S13: NO in FIG. 4). When the touch operation is performed, the target area 121 is determined as a selection area (step S15 in FIG. 4). Then, the image quality processing determination unit 46 determines image quality processing information (menu) based on the shooting situation and the determined selection area with reference to the reference table of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8B, the image quality processing information presentation unit 47 displays the determined image quality processing information (menu) 152 for the determined selected area on the display of the output unit 19 (step of FIG. 4). S17).
In the example of FIG. 8B, “green” determined as the selection area is notified by a frame 151, and image quality processing information (menu) 152 corresponding to the selection area is displayed on the display.
That is, in the case of this example, referring to the reference table of FIG. 3, the shooting environment is “person + backlight + blue sky + green + sunlight”, the touched part is “green”, and there are no incidental conditions. The selected image quality processing information (menu) 152 is displayed. That is, items such as “change green to a fresh color”, “change green to dark green”, and “set white balance in the shade of a tree” are displayed as the image quality processing information (menu) 152.

  FIG. 9 includes images displayed on the display of the output unit 19 during the shooting process of FIG. 4 when the shooting environment is “night view + person”, that is, “night view” and “person” are included in the target area. An example of a live view image is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, when the current shooting environment is determined by the shooting state determination unit 45 (step S12 in FIG. 4), a shooting environment information column 160 indicating the determined shooting environment is displayed in the output unit 19. Is displayed at the bottom of the display. In this embodiment, since it is determined that the shooting environment is “night view + person”, the shooting environment information field 160 displays “night view + person” as information on the shooting environment.

As shown in FIG. 9 (B), when the operation of the shutter button of the input unit 18 is not performed (step S13: NO in FIG. 4), when the screen touch operation is performed on the target area indicating the human face, The target area is determined as the selection area (step S15 in FIG. 4). Then, the image quality processing determination unit 46 determines image quality processing information (menu) based on the shooting situation and the determined selection area with reference to the reference table of FIG.
Then, the image quality processing information presentation unit 47 displays the image quality processing information (menu) 162 determined for the determined selection area on the display of the output unit 19 (step S17 in FIG. 4).
In the example of FIG. 9B, the face determined as the selection area is notified by the frame 161, and image quality processing information (menu) 162 corresponding to the selection area is displayed on the display.
That is, in the case of this example, with reference to the reference table of FIG. 3, the image quality processing information (selected at the time when the shooting environment is “night view + person”, the touch part is “face”, and there is no incidental condition) Menu) 162 is displayed. That is, as the image quality processing information (menu) 162, items (each image quality processing information) such as “flash to brighten the image,” “capturing the face of the person cleanly”, and “suppressing the shininess of the face of the person” are displayed. Is done.

As shown in FIG. 9C, when the operation of the shutter button of the input unit 18 is not performed (step S13: NO in FIG. 4), the screen touch operation is performed on the target area indicating the background other than the face. The target area is determined as the selection area (step S15 in FIG. 4). Then, the image quality processing determination unit 46 determines image quality processing information (menu) based on the shooting situation and the determined selection area with reference to the reference table of FIG.
Then, the image quality processing information presentation unit 47 displays the image quality processing information (menu) 172 determined for the determined selection area on the display of the output unit 19 (step S17 in FIG. 4).
In the example of FIG. 9C, a background other than the face determined as the selection area is notified by a frame 171 and image quality processing information (menu) 172 corresponding to the selection area is displayed on the display.
That is, in the case of this example, referring to the reference table in FIG. 3, the image quality processing selected when the shooting environment is “night view + person”, the touched part is “background other than face”, and there is no incidental condition. Information (menu) 172 is displayed. That is, as the image quality processing information (menu) 172, “Increase ISO sensitivity to prevent camera shake”, “Slow shutter speed to brighten the background”, “Apply noise reduction”, “Apply noise reduction” Are displayed (each image quality processing information).

  FIG. 10 shows an example of an image displayed on the display of the output unit 19 during the shooting process of FIG. 4 when the shooting environment is “person”, that is, an example of a live view image including “person” as the target area in the target area. Show.

  As shown in FIG. 10A, when the current shooting environment is determined by the shooting state determination unit 45 (step S12 in FIG. 4), a shooting environment information column 180 indicating the determined shooting environment is displayed in the output unit 19. Is displayed at the bottom of the display. In the present embodiment, since it is determined that the person is the person as the photographing environment, the person information, which is information on the photographing environment, is displayed in the photographing environment information field 180.

As shown in FIG. 10B, when the operation of the shutter button of the input unit 18 is not performed (step S13: NO in FIG. 4), when the screen touch operation is performed on the target area indicating the human face, The target area is determined as the selection area (step S15 in FIG. 4). Then, the image quality processing determination unit 46 determines image quality processing information (menu) based on the shooting situation and the determined selection area with reference to the reference table of FIG.
Then, the image quality processing information presenting unit 47 displays the image quality processing information (menu) 182 determined for the determined selection area on the display of the output unit 19 (step S17 in FIG. 4).
In the example of FIG. 10B, a face determined as a selection area is notified by a frame 181 and image quality processing information (menu) 182 corresponding to the selection area is displayed on the display.
That is, in the case of this example, referring to the reference table of FIG. 3, the image quality processing information (menu) selected when the shooting environment is “person”, the touched part is “face”, and there is no incidental condition. 182 is displayed. That is, as the image quality processing information (menu) 182, items (each image quality processing information) such as “take a beautiful face of a person” and “capture a smiling moment without closing your eyes” are displayed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10C, when the operation of the shutter button of the input unit 18 is not performed (Step S13: NO in FIG. 4), when the screen touch operation is performed on the target area other than the face, The target area is determined as a selection area (step S15 in FIG. 4). Then, the image quality processing determination unit 46 determines image quality processing information (menu) based on the shooting situation and the determined selection area with reference to the reference table of FIG.
In this case, the image quality processing information presentation unit 47 displays only the frame 191 corresponding to the selected selection area on the display of the output unit 19 (step S17 in FIG. 4).
In the example of FIG. 10C, the frame 191 notifies other than the face determined as the selection area, but the image quality processing information (menu) corresponding to this selection area does not exist in the reference table of FIG. The image quality processing information (menu) is not displayed.
In this way, even when a screen touch operation is performed in the same shooting environment, different image quality processing information (menu) is displayed depending on the touched part.
Even if a screen touch operation is performed on a target area indicating a human face, different image quality processing information (menu) is displayed in the embodiment of FIG. 9 and the embodiment of FIG. In other words, the image quality processing information (menu) displays different image quality processing information (menu) depending on the imaging environment even when the same touch site is selected.

As described above, the image processing apparatus applied to the imaging device 1 of the present embodiment includes the image acquisition unit 41, the input operation reception unit 43, the image quality processing determination unit 46, the image quality processing information presentation unit 47, Is provided.
The image acquisition unit 41 acquires image data.
The input operation accepting unit 43 accepts a selection operation within a predetermined range for the image data acquired by the image acquiring unit 41.
The image quality processing determination unit 46 determines the image quality processing to be performed on the image data acquired by the image acquisition unit 41 based on the predetermined range received by the input operation reception unit 43.
The image quality processing information presentation unit 47 presents information regarding the image quality processing determined by the image quality processing determination unit 46.
In this case, the image quality processing information (image quality processing information) can be determined based on the user selection received by the input operation reception unit 43. Then, the determined image quality processing information (image quality processing information) is presented. Therefore, the user can perform image quality adjustment according to the user's wide range of preferences without being constrained by the image quality processing uniformly defined in advance.
The image quality processing information (image quality processing information) is determined based on a selected range that the user desires to change the image quality. Therefore, it is sufficient for the user to select a desired image quality process from the image quality process information (image quality process information) corresponding to the selected range, so that anyone can easily adjust his / her desired image quality.

In addition, the image acquisition unit 41 of the image display device applied to the imaging device 1 of the present embodiment acquires image data acquired by the imaging unit 17.
Further, the image acquisition unit 41 of the image display device applied to the imaging device 1 of the present embodiment includes an area type determination unit 42, a selection area determination unit 44, and a shooting situation determination unit 45.
The region type determination unit 42 determines one or more types of target regions included in the image based on the image data acquired by the image acquisition unit 41.
The selection area determination unit 44 determines, as a selection area, a target area including a predetermined range received by the input operation reception unit 43 among one or more types of target areas determined by the area type determination unit 42.
The shooting situation determination unit 45 determines the shooting situation including the shooting environment of the imaging unit 17 when shooting an image, based on one or more types of target areas determined by the area type determination unit 42.
Then, the image quality processing determination unit 46 converts the image data acquired by the image acquisition unit 41 based on the selection region determined by the selection region determination unit 44 and the shooting environment determined by the shooting state determination unit 45. The image quality processing to be performed is determined.
In this case, since the information on the image quality processing is determined based on the shooting situation including the shooting environment in addition to the selection area determined based on the user selection received by the input operation receiving unit 43, the image quality processing is performed. The determination of the information becomes more accurate. Therefore, it is sufficient for the user to select a desired image quality process from the image quality process information determined and determined accurately, so that anyone can easily adjust the image quality desired by the user.

Furthermore, the imaging state determination unit 45 of the image processing apparatus applied to the imaging apparatus 1 of the present embodiment determines the incidental conditions in addition to the imaging environment.
In this case, since the information on the image quality processing is determined based on the shooting situation including the incidental conditions in addition to the shooting environment, the information on the image quality processing becomes more accurate. Therefore, it is sufficient for the user to select a desired image quality process from the image quality process information determined and determined accurately, so that anyone can easily adjust the image quality desired by the user.

Furthermore, the shooting situation determination unit 45 of the image processing apparatus applied to the imaging apparatus 1 of the present embodiment determines the incidental conditions according to the shooting situation including the blur signal transmitted from the angular velocity sensor 21 during shooting.
In this case, since the incidental condition is determined based on the blur signal, the determination of the image quality processing information becomes more accurate. Therefore, it is sufficient for the user to select a desired image quality process from the image quality process information determined and determined accurately, so that anyone can easily adjust the image quality desired by the user.

Further, the shooting state determination unit 45 of the image processing apparatus applied to the imaging device 1 of the present embodiment determines the incidental conditions according to the zoom magnification of the imaging unit 17.
In this case, since the incidental condition is determined based on the zoom magnification, the determination of image quality processing information becomes more accurate. Therefore, it is sufficient for the user to select a desired image quality process from the image quality process information determined and determined accurately, so that anyone can easily adjust the image quality desired by the user.

  In addition, the image display device applied to the imaging device 1 of the present embodiment is selected based on the selection operation received by the input operation reception unit 43 from the information presented by the image quality processing information presentation unit 47. It further includes an image quality processing information setting unit 49 that sets information as current information. In this case, image quality processing information (image quality processing information) can be set based on the user's selection received by the input operation reception unit 43. Then, image quality processing is performed based on the set image quality processing information (image quality processing information). Therefore, the user can perform image quality adjustment according to the user's wide range of preferences without being constrained by the image quality processing uniformly defined in advance.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, The deformation | transformation in the range which can achieve the objective of this invention, improvement, etc. are included in this invention.

  In the above-described embodiment, the incidental condition is determined according to the zoom magnification, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the incidental condition may be determined based on a diaphragm for adjusting the amount of light incident on the imaging unit 17.

  In addition, the image processing apparatus of the present embodiment is applied to the imaging apparatus 1, but is not limited to this, and is applicable to any terminal as long as the terminal can perform image processing including image quality processing. can do.

In the above-described embodiment, the imaging apparatus 1 to which the present invention is applied has been described using a digital camera as an example, but is not particularly limited thereto.
For example, the present invention can be applied to general electronic devices having an imaging function. Specifically, for example, the present invention can be applied to a notebook personal computer, a printer, a television receiver, a video camera, a portable navigation device, a mobile phone, a portable game machine, and the like.

The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software.
In other words, the functional configuration of FIG. 2 is merely an example and is not particularly limited. That is, it is sufficient that the imaging apparatus 1 has a function capable of executing the above-described series of processing as a whole, and what functional blocks are used to realize this function is not particularly limited to the example of FIG.
In addition, one functional block may be constituted by hardware alone, software alone, or a combination thereof.

When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed on a computer or the like from a network or a recording medium.
The computer may be a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware. The computer may be a computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs, for example, a general-purpose personal computer.

  The recording medium including such a program is not only constituted by the removable medium 31 of FIG. 1 distributed separately from the apparatus main body in order to provide the program to the user, but also in a state of being incorporated in the apparatus main body in advance. The recording medium etc. provided in The removable medium 31 is composed of, for example, a magnetic disk (including a floppy disk), an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like. The optical disk is composed of, for example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), or the like. The magneto-optical disk is configured by an MD (Mini-Disk) or the like. In addition, the recording medium provided to the user in a state of being preliminarily incorporated in the apparatus main body includes, for example, the ROM 12 in FIG. 1 in which a program is recorded, the hard disk included in the storage unit 20 in FIG.

In the present specification, the step of describing the program recorded in the recording medium is not limited to the processing performed in time series along the order, but is not necessarily performed in time series, either in parallel or individually. The process to be executed is also included.
Further, in the present specification, the term “system” means an overall apparatus configured by a plurality of devices, a plurality of means, and the like.

  As mentioned above, although several embodiment of this invention was described, these embodiment is only an illustration and does not limit the technical scope of this invention. The present invention can take other various embodiments, and various modifications such as omission and replacement can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention described in this specification and the like, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

The invention described in the scope of claims at the beginning of the filing of the present application will be appended.
[Appendix 1]
Acquisition means for acquiring image data;
Receiving means for receiving a selection operation of a predetermined range for the image data acquired by the acquiring means;
Based on the predetermined range received by the receiving means, image quality processing determining means for determining image quality processing to be performed on image data acquired by the acquiring means;
Presenting means for presenting information relating to image quality processing determined by the image quality processing determining means;
An image processing apparatus comprising:
[Appendix 2]
The acquisition unit acquires data of an image acquired by the imaging unit,
Discrimination means for discriminating one or more types of target regions included in the image based on the data of the image acquired by the acquisition means;
A selection area determining means for determining, as a selection area, a target area that includes the predetermined range received by the receiving means, among the one or more types of target areas determined by the determining means;
A determination unit that determines a shooting situation including a shooting environment of the imaging unit when capturing the image based on the one or more types of target areas determined by the determination unit;
Further comprising
The image quality processing determination unit is configured to apply the image data acquired by the acquisition unit based on the selection region determined by the selection region determination unit and the shooting situation determined by the determination unit. Determining the image quality processing to be performed;
The image processing apparatus according to appendix 1, wherein:
[Appendix 3]
The image processing apparatus according to appendix 2, wherein the determination unit determines an incidental condition in addition to the shooting environment.
[Appendix 4]
The determination means includes
The incidental condition is determined according to a shooting situation including a blur signal transmitted from the angular velocity sensor at the time of shooting,
The image processing apparatus according to appendix 3, characterized in that:
[Appendix 5]
The determination means includes
The incidental condition is determined according to the zoom magnification of the imaging means.
The image processing apparatus according to any one of supplementary notes 3 to 4, wherein:
[Appendix 6]
Supplementary note 1 further comprising image quality processing information setting means for setting, as current information, information selected from the information presented by the presenting means based on a selection operation accepted by the accepting means. The image processing apparatus according to any one of Items 5 to 5.
[Appendix 7]
In an image processing method executed by an image processing apparatus that acquires an image,
An acquisition step of acquiring image data;
A receiving step for receiving a selection operation of a predetermined range for the image data acquired in the acquiring step;
A determination step for determining an image quality process to be performed on image data acquired in the acquisition step based on the predetermined range received in the reception step;
A presenting step of presenting information relating to the image quality processing determined in the determining step;
An image processing method comprising:
[Appendix 8]
In a computer that controls an image processing apparatus that acquires an image,
Acquisition function to acquire image data,
A reception function for receiving a selection operation of a predetermined range for the image data acquired by the acquisition function;
A determination function for determining image quality processing to be performed on image data acquired by the acquisition function based on the predetermined range received by the reception function;
A presentation function for presenting information on image quality processing determined by the determination function;
A program characterized by realizing.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Imaging device, 11 ... CPU, 12 ... ROM, 13 ... RAM, 14 ... Image processing part, 15 ... Bus, 16 ... Input / output interface, 17 ... Image pick-up unit, 18 ... input unit, 19 ... output unit, 20 ... storage unit, 21 ... angular velocity sensor, 22 ... communication unit, 23 ... drive, 31 ... removable Media 41... Image acquisition unit 42... Region type determination unit 43... Input operation reception unit 44. Image quality processing determining unit 47... Image quality processing information presenting unit 48... Display control unit 49... Image quality processing information setting unit 51.

Claims (6)

Imaging means;
An accepting means for accepting an operation of selecting a predetermined area in the image captured by the image capturing means;
Presenting means for presenting photographing conditions when an image is picked up by the image pickup means based on an image of an area selected by the selection operation;
A setting unit for setting a shooting condition selected based on a selection operation from the shooting conditions presented by the presenting unit as a current shooting condition;
Control means for controlling the imaging operation of the imaging means in accordance with the imaging conditions set by the setting means;
Discrimination means for discriminating one or more types of target areas included in the image based on the data of the image taken by the imaging means;
A determining unit that determines, as a selection region, a target region that includes a region selected by the selection operation among the one or more types of target regions determined by the determination unit;
A determination unit that determines a shooting situation including a shooting environment of the imaging unit when capturing the image based on the one or more types of target areas determined by the determination unit;
Bei to give a,
The presenting means presents the photographing condition based on the selected area determined by the determining means and the photographing situation determined by the determining means.
It shall be the said imaging device. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit determines an incidental condition in addition to the shooting environment. The determination means includes
The incidental condition is determined according to a shooting situation including a blur signal transmitted from the angular velocity sensor at the time of shooting,
The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 . The determination means includes
The incidental condition is determined according to the zoom magnification of the imaging means.
The imaging apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 3, characterized in that. In the imaging method executed by the imaging device,
An accepting step of accepting an operation of selecting a predetermined area in the image captured by the imaging device;
A presenting step of presenting imaging conditions when an image is captured by the imaging device based on an image of an area selected by the selection operation;
A setting step of setting the shooting condition selected based on the selection operation from the presented shooting conditions as the current shooting condition;
A control step of controlling the imaging operation of the imaging device according to the set imaging conditions;
A determination step of determining one or more types of target regions included in the image based on data of the image captured by the imaging device;
A determination step of determining, as a selection region, a target region including a region selected by the selection operation among the one or more types of target regions determined in the determination step;
A determination step of determining a shooting situation including a shooting environment of the imaging device when capturing the image based on the one or more types of target areas determined in the determination step;
Only including,
The presenting step presents the photographing condition based on the selected area determined in the determining step and the photographing situation determined in the determining step.
An imaging method characterized by the above. In the computer that controls the imaging device,
A reception function for receiving a selection operation of a predetermined area in an image captured by the imaging device;
A presentation function for presenting photographing conditions when an image is picked up by the image pickup device based on an image of an area selected by the selection operation;
A setting function for setting a shooting condition selected based on a selection operation from the presented shooting conditions as a current shooting condition;
A control function for controlling the imaging operation of the imaging device according to the set imaging conditions;
A discrimination function for discriminating one or more types of target regions included in the image based on the data of the image captured by the imaging device;
A determination function for determining, as a selection area, a target area that includes an area selected by the selection operation among the one or more types of target areas determined by the determination function;
A determination function for determining a shooting situation including a shooting environment of the imaging device when capturing the image based on the one or more types of target regions determined by the determination function;
Is a program for realizing
The presenting function presents the shooting condition based on the selection area determined by the determination function and the shooting situation determined by the determination function.
A program characterized by that .

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