METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE DISQUALIFICATION OF DIGITAL IMAGES
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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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76 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method of selectively disqualifying a scene as a candidate for permanent capture, storage or processing, or combinations thereof, the method comprising:
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acquiring a present image of a scene including a key feature; detecting the key feature; determining that an occluding object is currently occluding a significant portion of the key feature; rejecting the present image as a candidate for post-acquisition digital image processing due to the occluding; performing temporal analysis of movement of the occluding object relative to the key feature; and automatically acquiring a new image to replace the present image after delaying for a period of time, wherein the delaying of said acquiring the new image corresponds to an estimated time for said occluding of said key feature to end based on said temporal analysis of movement. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of selectively disqualifying a scene as a candidate for permanent capture, storage or processing, or combinations thereof, the method comprising:
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acquiring a present image of a scene including a key feature; detecting the key feature; determining that a shadowing object is currently shadowing a significant portion of the key feature; rejecting the present image as a candidate for post-acquisition digital image processing due to the shadowing; performing temporal analysis of movement of the shadowing object relative to the key feature; and automatically acquiring a new image to replace the present image after delaying for a period of time, wherein the delaying of said acquiring the new image corresponds to an estimated time for said shadowing of said key feature to end based on said temporal analysis of movement of the shadowing object. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of selectively disqualifying a scene as a candidate for permanent capture, storage or processing, or combinations thereof, the method comprising:
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acquiring a present image of a scene including a key feature; detecting the key feature; determining that a significant portion of the key feature is currently being shadowed; rejecting the present image as a candidate for post-acquisition digital image processing due to the key feature being shadowed; performing temporal analysis of shadow movement relative to the key feature; and automatically acquiring a new image to replace the present image after delaying for a period of time, wherein the delaying of said acquiring the new image corresponds to an estimated time for an end of the key feature being shadowed based on said temporal analysis of movement. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. One or more computer readable media having code embedded therein for programming a processor to perform a method of selectively disqualifying a scene as a candidate for permanent capture, storage or processing, or combinations thereof, the method comprising:
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acquiring a present image of a scene including a key feature; detecting the key feature; determining that an occluding object is currently occluding a significant portion of the key feature; rejecting the present image as a candidate for post-acquisition digital image processing due to the occluding; performing temporal analysis of movement of the occluding object relative to the key feature; and automatically acquiring a new image to replace the present image after delaying for a period of time, wherein the delaying of said acquiring the new image corresponds to an estimated time for said occluding of said key feature to end based on said temporal analysis of movement. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. One or more computer readable media having code embedded therein for programming a processor to perform a method of selectively disqualifying a scene as a candidate for permanent capture, storage or processing, or combinations thereof, the method comprising:
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acquiring a present image of a scene including a key feature; detecting the key feature; determining that a shadowing object is currently shadowing a significant portion of the key feature; rejecting the present image as a candidate for post-acquisition digital image processing due to the shadowing; performing temporal analysis of movement of the shadowing object relative to the key feature; and automatically acquiring a new image to replace the present image after delaying for a period of time, wherein the delaying of said acquiring the new image corresponds to an estimated time for said shadowing of said key feature to end based on said temporal analysis of movement of the shadowing object. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. One or more computer readable media having code embedded therein for programming a processor to perform a method of selectively disqualifying a scene as a candidate for permanent capture, storage or processing, or combinations thereof, the method comprising:
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acquiring a present image of a scene including a key feature; detecting the key feature; determining that a significant portion of the key feature is currently being shadowed; rejecting the present image as a candidate for post-acquisition digital image processing due to the key feature being shadowed; performing temporal analysis of shadow movement relative to the key feature; and automatically acquiring a new image to replace the present image after delaying for a period of time, wherein the delaying of said acquiring the new image corresponds to an estimated time for an end of the key feature being shadowed based on said temporal analysis of movement. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A digital image acquisition device, comprising:
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a lens and image sensor for acquiring digital images; a processor; and one or more computer readable media having code embedded therein for programming a processor to perform a method of selectively disqualifying a scene as a candidate for permanent capture, storage or processing, or combinations thereof, wherein the method comprises; acquiring a present image of a scene including a key feature; detecting the key feature; determining that an occluding object is currently occluding a significant portion of the key feature; rejecting the present image as a candidate for post-acquisition digital image processing due to the occluding; performing temporal analysis of movement of the occluding object relative to the key feature; and automatically acquiring a new image to replace the present image after delaying for a period of time, wherein the delaying of said acquiring the new image corresponds to an estimated time for said occluding of said key feature to end based on said temporal analysis of movement. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A digital image acquisition device, comprising:
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a lens and image sensor for acquiring digital images; a processor; and one or more computer readable media having code embedded therein for programming a processor to perform a method of selectively disqualifying a scene as a candidate for permanent capture, storage or processing, or combinations thereof, the method comprising; acquiring a present image of a scene including a key feature; detecting the key feature; determining that a shadowing object is currently shadowing a significant portion of the key feature; rejecting the present image as a candidate for post-acquisition digital image processing due to the shadowing; performing temporal analysis of movement of the shadowing object relative to the key feature; and automatically acquiring a new image to replace the present image after delaying for a period of time, wherein the delaying of said acquiring the new image corresponds to an estimated time for said shadowing of said key feature to end based on said temporal analysis of movement of the shadowing object. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A digital image acquisition device, comprising:
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a lens and image sensor for acquiring digital images; a processor; and one or more computer readable media having code embedded therein for programming a processor to perform a method of selectively disqualifying a scene as a candidate for permanent capture, storage or processing, or combinations thereof, the method comprising; acquiring a present image of a scene including a key feature; detecting the key feature; determining that a significant portion of the key feature is currently being shadowed; rejecting the present image as a candidate for post-acquisition digital image processing due to the key feature being shadowed; performing temporal analysis of shadow movement relative to the key feature; and automatically acquiring a new image to replace the present image after delaying for a period of time, wherein the delaying of said acquiring the new image corresponds to an estimated time for an end of the key feature being shadowed based on said temporal analysis of movement. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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