IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND IMAGING PROGRAM

摘要

An imaging device using a camera for capturing a biometric authentication image as a surveillance camera, managing images not showing any biofeature effective in biometric authentication as surveillance images, preventing leakage of images showing biofeatures, and thereby watching out for a false action for biometric authentication. The imaging device comprises a subject detecting section for judging whether or not any biofeature portion used for biometric authentication of the subject is included in the area covered by the camera and a control section for processing the captured image as an authentication image when receiving an authentication image acquisition instruction, processing the captured image as a surveillance image when not receiving any authentication image acquisition instruction and if the subject detecting section judges that no biofeature is included, and stopping the shooting by the camera if the subject detecting section judges that a biofeature portion is included.