REVISED RECAPTURE CAMERA AND METHOD
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1. A camera comprising:
- an image capture unit having an optical system for focusing light onto an image sensor and image forming circuitry adapted to cooperate with the image sensor to convert the light focused onto the image sensor into an electronic image according to capture settings;
user input system comprising a shutter button including a first switch actuated when the shutter button is depressed by a user through a first stroke, and a second switch actuated when the shutter button is depressed by the user through a second stroke;
a display for presenting images; and
a controller adapted to cause the image capture unit to capture a first digital image of a scene using initial capture settings when the first switch is actuated to derive an evaluation image derived from said captured first digital image and to cause the evaluation image to be presented on the display,with said controller further being adapted to said captured digital image to determine a subject region of said scene by determining eye positions within the captured first digital image and to provide an archival capture configuration based on the determined subject region for capturing an archival image when the second switch is actuated.
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Abstract
In a camera and method, a scene is captured as an archival image, with the camera set in an initial capture configuration. Then, a plurality of parameters of the scene are evaluated. The parameters are matched to one or more of a plurality of suggested capture configurations to define a suggestion set. User input designating one of the suggested capture configurations of the suggestion set is accepted and the camera is set to the corresponding capture configuration.
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1. A camera comprising:
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an image capture unit having an optical system for focusing light onto an image sensor and image forming circuitry adapted to cooperate with the image sensor to convert the light focused onto the image sensor into an electronic image according to capture settings; user input system comprising a shutter button including a first switch actuated when the shutter button is depressed by a user through a first stroke, and a second switch actuated when the shutter button is depressed by the user through a second stroke; a display for presenting images; and a controller adapted to cause the image capture unit to capture a first digital image of a scene using initial capture settings when the first switch is actuated to derive an evaluation image derived from said captured first digital image and to cause the evaluation image to be presented on the display, with said controller further being adapted to said captured digital image to determine a subject region of said scene by determining eye positions within the captured first digital image and to provide an archival capture configuration based on the determined subject region for capturing an archival image when the second switch is actuated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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