Patent ID: 7973828
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable digital camera-enabled device having no photographic film, comprising: (a) an integral flash for providing illumination during image acquisition; (b) a digital image capturing apparatus including (c) a face filter for correcting a face defect within the main image acquired by the main image sensor based on analysis of the reference image acquired by the separate sensor including said representation nominally of said same scene as the main image including said at least one real face; (c) a dedicated hardware subsystem which is provided reference image data from the separate sensor; and (d) a main system memory which receives raw image data and metadata as implemented by the dedicated hardware subsystem; and (f) wherein the main system memory is configured to receive meta data that comprises identified defect areas determined within at least one image of said scene including at least one real face.