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Digital still camera with high-quality portrait mode

  • US 7,038,715 B1
  • Filed: 12/15/1999
  • Issued: 05/02/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for operating a camera, comprising the steps of waiting for an operator action, and responding to the operator action by:

  • detecting information from a scene, the information comprising an image of radiation from the scene;

    evaluating the detected information by;

    identifying, in the image of radiation, a plurality of patterns each representative of a respective face;

    then selecting a subset of the patterns equal in number to a specified number; and

    then evaluating only the selected patterns in the subset relative to a human facial characteristic and a specified criteria;

    wherein the detecting and evaluating steps are performed in a continuing manner until a point in time at which it is determined that the information from the scene includes information that is representative of the human facial characteristic and that satisfies the specified criteria; and

    recording an image of the scene corresponding substantially to the point in time.

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