Patent ID: 8687078

Claim:
A method of in-camera recognition of a specific face within a digital image as part of an acquisition process, comprising: using a lens, image sensor and processor of a portable digital image acquisition device to acquire digital images; generating in the device, capturing or otherwise obtaining in the device a sequence of relatively low resolution images including a face; identifying groups of pixels that correspond to the face within a plurality of the relatively low resolution images; tracking said face within the plurality of the relatively low resolution images; determining multiple real-time probabilities that the face corresponds to a specific person within the plurality of the relatively low resolution images; averaging the multiple real-time probabilities to obtain a cumulative probability that the face belongs to the specific person; and when the cumulative probability exceeds a predetermined threshold, initiating a workflow, image processing or other pre-or post-image acquisition action on the portable digital image acquisition device based on the recognition of the face as belonging to the specific person.