IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An apparatus for capturing or generating image, comprising:
- an image capturing engine; and
a face tracker coupled with the image capturing engine to receive an image frame from the image capturing engine, analyze the image frame for a face, and on identification of a face in the image frame, evaluate the face to determine whether the image frame comprises an acceptable or unacceptable face pose;
wherein on determination of the image frame having an unacceptable face pose, the face tracker is to further provide instructions for taking another image frame, with the instructions designed to improve likelihood that the other image frame will comprise an acceptable face pose.
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Abstract
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with capturing images are disclosed herein. In embodiments, the apparatus may include a face tracker to receive an image frame, analyze the image frame for a face, and on identification of a face in the image frame, evaluate the face to determine whether the image frame comprises an acceptable or unacceptable face pose. Further, the face tracker may be configured to provide instructions for taking another image frame, on determination of the image frame having an unacceptable face pose, with the instructions designed to improve likelihood that the other image frame will comprise an acceptable face pose. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
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36 Claims
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1. An apparatus for capturing or generating image, comprising:
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an image capturing engine; and a face tracker coupled with the image capturing engine to receive an image frame from the image capturing engine, analyze the image frame for a face, and on identification of a face in the image frame, evaluate the face to determine whether the image frame comprises an acceptable or unacceptable face pose;
wherein on determination of the image frame having an unacceptable face pose, the face tracker is to further provide instructions for taking another image frame, with the instructions designed to improve likelihood that the other image frame will comprise an acceptable face pose. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for capturing or generating image, comprising:
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an image capturing or generating engine; and a face tracker coupled with the image capturing or generating engine to receive an image frame from the image capturing or generating engine, analyze the image frame for a face, and on identification of a face in the image frame, extract a face shape of the face or determine a facial expression of the face;
wherein the face tracker is to further make a determination on whether to automatically add the image frame or an avatar image generated based at least in part on the image frame to a collection of snapshots, and wherein the determination is based at least in part of the extracted face shape or the determined facial expression of the face in the image frame. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for capturing or generating an image, comprising:
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receiving, by a face tracker of an image capturing or generating apparatus, an image frame; analyzing the image frame, by the face tracker, for a face; on identification of a face in the image frame, evaluating the face, by the face tracker, to determine whether the image frame comprises an acceptable or unacceptable face pose; and on determination of the image frame having an unacceptable face pose, providing, by the face tracker, instructions for taking another image frame, with the instructions designed to improve likelihood that the other image frame will comprise an acceptable face pose. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method for capturing or generating an image, comprising:
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receiving, by a face tracker of an image capturing or generating apparatus, an image frame; analyzing, by the face tracker, the image frame for a face; on identification of a face in the image frame, extracting, by the face tracker, a face shape of the face or determining, by the face tracker, a facial expression of the face; and determining, by the face tracker, whether to automatically add the image frame or an avatar image generated based at least in part on the image frame to a collection of snapshots, wherein the determination is based at least in part of the extracted face shape or the determined facial expression of the face in the image frame. - View Dependent Claims (17, 19)
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20. At least one computer-readable medium having instructions to cause an image capturing or generating apparatus, in response to execution of the instructions by the apparatus, to implement a face tracker to receive an image frame from the image capturing engine, analyze the image frame for a face, and on identification of a face in the image frame, evaluate the face to determine whether the image frame comprises an acceptable or unacceptable face pose;
- wherein on determination of the image frame having an unacceptable face pose, the face tracker is to further provide instructions for taking another image frame, with the instructions designed to improve likelihood that the other image frame will comprise an acceptable face pose.
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34. At least one computer-readable medium having instructions to cause an image capturing or generating apparatus, in response to execution of the instructions by the apparatus, to implement a face tracker to receive an image frame from the image capturing or generating engine, analyze the image frame for a face, and on identification of a face in the image frame, extract a face shape of the face or determine a facial expression of the face;
- wherein the face tracker is to further make a determination on whether to add the image frame to a collection of snapshots, and wherein the determination is based at least in part of the extracted face shape or the determined facial expression of the face in the image frame.
- View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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