Detecting red eye filter and apparatus using meta-data
First Claim
1. A method of filtering a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image comprising a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes within the image, the method comprising:
- using a portable digital camera device including a red eye filter;
acquiring a digital image of a scene that includes a real face;
analyzing meta-data information including image acquisition device-specific information, including f-stop, aperture, exposure, gain, white balance or color transformation, or combinations thereof; and
utilizing meta-data information of user preference device-specific setup information for said analyzing meta-data; and
determining, based at least in part on said meta-data analysis, whether one or more regions within said digital image are suspected as including red eye artifact.
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Abstract
A method of filtering a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image including a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes of the image, includes analyzing meta-data information, determining one or more regions within the digital image suspected as including red eye artifact, and determining, based at least in part on the meta-data analysis, whether the regions are actual red eye artifact. The meta-data information may include information describing conditions under which the image was acquired, captured and/or digitized, acquisition device-specific information, and/film information.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of filtering a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image comprising a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes within the image, the method comprising:
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using a portable digital camera device including a red eye filter; acquiring a digital image of a scene that includes a real face; analyzing meta-data information including image acquisition device-specific information, including f-stop, aperture, exposure, gain, white balance or color transformation, or combinations thereof; and utilizing meta-data information of user preference device-specific setup information for said analyzing meta-data; and determining, based at least in part on said meta-data analysis, whether one or more regions within said digital image are suspected as including red eye artifact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A portable digital camera, comprising:
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(a) a camera housing, (b) one or more optics and a sensor disposed within said camera housing for acquiring digital images of scenes that include real faces, and (c) a red eye filter within said camera housing, to perform a method of filtering within said camera a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image that comprises a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes within the image, the image being acquired of a scene that includes a real face; (d) wherein the method of filtering a red eye phenomenon comprising; analyzing meta-data information including image acquisition device-specific information including f-stop, aperture, exposure, gain, white balance or color transformation, or combinations thereof; and utilizing meta-data information of user preference device-specific setup information for said analyzing meta-data; and determining, based at least in part on said meta-data analysis, whether one or more regions within said digital image are suspected as including red eye artifact. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A red eye filter within a portable digital camera device configured to acquire digital images of scenes that include real faces, the red eye filter being configured to perform a method of filtering a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image that comprises a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes within the digital image, the digital image being acquired of a scene that includes a real face, the method comprising:
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analyzing meta-data information including image acquisition device-specific information, including f-stop, aperture, exposure, gain, white balance or color transformation, or combinations thereof; utilizing meta-data information of user preference device-specific setup information for said analyzing meta-data; and determining, based at least in part on said meta-data analysis, whether one or more regions within said digital image are suspected as including red eye artifact. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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