Method and Apparatus for Selective Disqualification of Digital Images
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1. A method of disqualifying an acquired image as unsatisfactory for permanent storage based on facial expression, comprising:
- (a) acquiring a present image of a scene including a face region;
(b) identifying one or more groups of pixels corresponding to one or more face portion regions within the face region;
(c) determining whether one or more expressions of said face portions are unsatisfactory; and
if so, then(d) rejecting the present image for storage.
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Abstract
An unsatisfactory scene is disqualified as an image acquisition control for a camera. An image is acquired. One or more eye regions are determined. The eye regions are analyzed to determine whether they are blinking, and if so, then the scene is disqualified as a candidate for a processed, permanent image while the eye is completing the blinking.
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1. A method of disqualifying an acquired image as unsatisfactory for permanent storage based on facial expression, comprising:
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(a) acquiring a present image of a scene including a face region; (b) identifying one or more groups of pixels corresponding to one or more face portion regions within the face region; (c) determining whether one or more expressions of said face portions are unsatisfactory; and
if so, then(d) rejecting the present image for storage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of preventing the occurrence of eyes that are in the process of blinking in an acquired digital image comprising:
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(i) acquiring one or more preview images of a scene; (ii) determining presence and amount of faces in said scene; and (iii) determining a number of multiple images to acquire based on said amount of faces determined in the scene; and (iv) wherein the number is determined based on a probability that one or more of the multiple images will not have one or more blinking eyes present.
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19. A method for automatically disqualifying an unsatisfactory scene as an image acquisition control of a camera, comprising:
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(a) acquiring multiple preview images; (b) extracting information from said multiple preview images; (c) analyzing one or more changes in the scene between individual images of said multiple temporary images; (d) based on the analyzing, determining whether one or more unsatisfactory features exist within the scene; (e) disqualifying the scene as a candidate for a processed, permanent image while said one or more unsatisfactory features continue to exist. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for automatically disqualifying an unsatisfactory scene as an image acquisition control of a camera, comprising:
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(a) acquiring a preview image; (b) extracting information from said preview image; (c) determining whether one or more key features exist or should exist within the scene; (d) analyzing one or more regions of pixels within the preview image corresponding to the one or more key features within the scene; (e) based on the analyzing of the one or more regions of pixels within the preview image, determining whether one or more unsatisfactory expressions, shadowing, or occluding, or combinations thereof, of the one or more key features exist within the scene; (f) disqualifying the scene as a candidate for a processed, permanent image while a number of one or more unsatisfactory expressions, shadowing, occluding or combinations thereof, of said one or more key features continue to exist. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. An image acquisition apparatus including an imaging optical system and digital image detector and storage medium, and having stored therein program instructions for programming one or more processors to perform a method of disqualifying an acquired image as unsatisfactory for permanent storage based on facial expression, the method comprising:
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(a) acquiring a present image of a scene including a face region; (b) identifying one or more groups of pixels corresponding to one or more face portion regions within the face region; (c) determining whether one or more expressions of said face portions are unsatisfactory; and
if so, then(d) rejecting the present image for storage. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An image acquisition apparatus including an imaging optical system and digital image detector and storage medium, and having stored therein program instructions for programming one or more processors to perform a method for automatically disqualifying an unsatisfactory scene as an image acquisition control of a camera, the method comprising:
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(a) acquiring a preview image; (b) extracting information from said preview image; (c) determining whether one or more key features exist or should exist within the scene; (d) analyzing one or more regions of pixels within the preview image corresponding to the one or more key features within the scene; (e) based on the analyzing of the one or more regions of pixels within the preview image, determining whether one or more unsatisfactory configurations, shadowing, occluding, or combinations thereof, of the one or more key features exist within the scene; (f) disqualifying the scene as a candidate for a processed, permanent image while a number of one or more unsatisfactory configurations, shadowing, occluding or combinations thereof, of said one or more key features continue to exist. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied thereon, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method of disqualifying an acquired image as unsatisfactory for permanent storage based on facial expression, the method comprising:
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(a) acquiring a present image of a scene including a face region; (b) identifying one or more groups of pixels corresponding to one or more face portion regions within the face region; (c) determining whether one or more expressions of said face portions are unsatisfactory; and
if so, then(d) rejecting the present image for storage. - View Dependent Claims (43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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- 41. The one or more storage devices as recited in 40, the method further comprising automatically initiating capturing a consequent image of the same scene.
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44. The one or more storage devices of 43, wherein said notification is visual, audible or a combination thereof.
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80. One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied thereon, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method for automatically disqualifying an unsatisfactory scene as an image acquisition control of a camera, the method comprising:
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(a) acquiring a preview image; (b) extracting information from said preview image; (c) determining whether one or more key features exist or should exist within the scene; (d) analyzing one or more regions of pixels within the preview image corresponding to the one or more key features within the scene; (e) based on the analyzing of the one or more regions of pixels within the preview image, determining whether one or more unsatisfactory configurations, shadowing, occluding, or combinations thereof, of the one or more key features exist within the scene; (f) disqualifying the scene as a candidate for a processed, permanent image while a number of one or more unsatisfactory configurations, shadowing, occluding or combinations thereof, of said one or more key features continue to exist. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83)
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