Patent ID: 8665340

Claim:
A digital image processing system, comprising: a digital image sensor; an optical system configured to form an image of a scene onto the digital image sensor; a global positioning system sensor; a processor-accessible memory system; and a processing system, configured to perform operations comprising: analyzing a signal from the global positioning system sensor to determine whether the digital image processing system is indoors or outdoors, wherein the analyzing comprises: determining a geographic location of the digital image processing system; comparing the determined geographic location to a geographic database indicating geographic locations of a plurality of known buildings, wherein the geographic database includes information providing an indication of a type of lighting associated with each of the plurality of known buildings; and determining a likelihood that the digital image processing system is indoors in response to the determined geographic location corresponding to the location of one of the plurality of known buildings; capturing a digital image of the scene using the digital image sensor; processing the digital image responsive to the likelihood that the digital image processing system is indoors or outdoors and responsive to the indicated type of lighting associated with the one of the plurality of known buildings; and storing the digital image in the processor-accessible memory system.