Imaging device and imaging control method

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EP 2 051 506 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
	Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	17.06.2009 Bulletin 2009/25

(43)	Date of publication:
	22.04.2009 Bulletin 2009/17

(21)	Application number: 08253368.8

(22)	Date of filing: 16.10.2008

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04N 5/232^(2006.01)

G06K 9/00^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA MK RS

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Priority:

17.10.2007 JP 2007270207

(71)	Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
	Minato-ku Tokyo 106-8620 (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Uchida, Akihiro c/oFUJIFILM Corporation Miyagi (JP)

(74)	Representative: Stevens, Jason Paul
	Frank B. Dehn & Co. St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD London EC4Y 8JD (GB)

(54)	Imaging device and imaging control method

(57) An imaging device (1) according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: an image pickup device (12, 13) which converts an optical image of a photographic subject received through an imaging lens into an image signal; a displaying device (114) which displays a through-the-lens image based on the image signal; a person detecting device (50) which detects one or more persons from the image signal; a distance calculating device (21, 41) which calculates a distance between a plurality of the detected persons; and a composition assisting device (21, 41) which displays on the displaying device (114) information (62, 63a, 63b, 64) as to whether the distance between the detected persons is proper or not based on the calculated distance between the detected persons. Thereby, it is possible to obtain an image with a proper composition in a case when there are a plurality of persons being the photographic subjects.