Imaging device, recording medium having recorded therein imaging control program, and imaging control method

Abstract

When a shutter key is operated, characteristic data is acquired. A determination is made as to whether the characteristic data has been acquired, and face image shooting processing is executed on condition that the characteristic data has been acquired. File generation processing is executed, at which a format of a face registration file is generated and the characteristic data and image data are written into the format of this face registration file, thereby generating a single face registration file.

1 . An imaging device comprising:
 an imaging unit that captures an image successively;   a characteristic acquiring unit that acquires characteristic information of the image captured by the imaging unit;   a determination unit that determines whether the characteristic information has been acquired by the characteristic acquiring unit; and   an image acquiring unit that acquires the image captured by the imaging unit on condition that the determination unit determines that the characteristic information has been acquired.   
   
   
       2 . The imaging device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a file generating unit that generates a single file containing the characteristic information acquired by the characteristic acquiring unit and the image acquired by the image acquiring unit. 
   
   
       3 . The imaging device according to  claim 2 , wherein the file generating unit adds information relevant to the image to generate the single file. 
   
   
       4 . The imaging device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a file storage unit that stores the file generated by the file generating unit. 
   
   
       5 . The imaging device according to  claim 4 , wherein the file storage unit is a removable storage medium. 
   
   
       6 . The imaging device according to  claim 4 , further comprising an output unit that outputs the file stored in the file storage unit to an external device. 
   
   
       7 . The imaging device according to  claim 4 , further comprising:
 an input unit that receives input of a file that is the same type as the file generated by the file generating unit; and   a storage control unit that causes the file storage unit to store the file input to the input unit.   
   
   
       8 . The imaging device according to  claim 1 , wherein the image is a face image of a person. 
   
   
       9 . The imaging device according to  claim 4 , further comprising:
 an image recoding unit that records the image captured by the imaging unit in response to an operation;   a detector that detects, from the image recording unit, a recording status of an image having the characteristic information that is contained in each of the files stored in the file storage unit; and   a display unit that displays a detection result of the detector.   
   
   
       10 . The imaging device according to  claim 9 , wherein the display unit displays the detection result of the detector in a manner associated with the image contained in each of the files. 
   
   
       11 . The imaging device according to  claim 9 , wherein
 the detector detects whether the image having the characteristic information contained in each of the files is recorded in the image recording unit, and   the display unit display the detection result of the detector as to whether the image having the characteristic information is recorded.   
   
   
       12 . The imaging device according to  claim 9 , wherein
 the detector detects, from the image recording unit, a number of images having the characteristic information contained in each of the files in a manner associated with each file, and   the display unit displays the number of images associated with each of the files that is detected by the detector.   
   
   
       13 . A recording medium having recorded therein a program causing a computer to execute processing, the computer being provided in an imaging device having therein an imaging unit that captures an image successively, the processing comprising:
 a first process for acquiring characteristic information of an image captured by the imaging unit;   a second process for determining whether the characteristic information has been acquired in the first process; and   a third process for acquiring the image captured by the imaging unit on condition that the characteristic information is determined to have been acquired in the second process.   
   
   
       14 . An imaging control method for an imaging device having therein an imaging unit that captures an image successively, the method comprising:
 a characteristic acquiring step of acquiring characteristic information of the image captured by the imaging unit;   a determining step of determining whether the characteristic information has been acquired at the characteristic acquiring step; and   an image acquiring step of acquiring the image captured by the imaging unit on condition that the characteristic information is determined to have been acquired at the determining step.