Patent ID: 9729782
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for controlling camera settings of a camera, the method comprising: receiving a first image from the camera, the first image captured by the camera at a first set of camera settings; detecting a face in the first image; adjusting the camera to a second set of camera settings based on the detected face, the second set of camera settings different from the first set of camera settings; receiving a second image from the camera, the second image captured by the camera at the second set of camera settings; detecting the face in the second image; determining a quality metric of the face in the second image, the quality metric indicative of an image quality of the face in the second image; adjusting the camera to a new set of camera settings to increase the quality metric of the face in new images, the new set of camera settings different from both the first set of camera settings and the second set of camera settings; and acquiring the face upon reaching a sufficient quality metric of the face.