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Digital image acquisition control and correction method and apparatus

  • US 8,005,268 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2010
  • Issued: 08/23/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. 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 face or partial face including at least one eye;

    detecting the face, partial face or eye, or combinations thereof;

    determining that the eye is currently in a blinking process;

    rejecting the present image as a candidate for post-acquisition digital image processing due to the blinking;

    performing temporal analysis of movement of the eye lid; 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 blinking process to end based on said temporal analysis of movement.

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