Patent ID: 8866943

Claim:
A digital camera system, comprising: a first video capture unit; a second video capture unit; a storage memory for storing captured video sequences; a data processing system communicatively coupled to the first and second video capture units and the storage memory; and a program memory communicatively connected to the data processing system and storing instructions configured to cause the data processing system to implement a method for forming a composite digital video sequence wherein the method includes: using the first video capture unit to capture a first digital video sequence of a scene, the first digital video sequence including a first temporal sequence of video frames; using the second video capture unit to capture a second digital video sequence including a second temporal sequence of video frames, wherein the second digital video sequence is captured simultaneously with the first digital video sequence and includes a photographer; analyzing the first digital video sequence to determine a spatial image region having image content of low interest by assigning a suitability score to each of a plurality of image regions for one or more video frames of the first temporal sequence of video frames, wherein the suitability score comprises at least one of a motion score, a texture score, an image saliency score, and a facial presence score; extracting a facial video sequence from the second digital video sequence corresponding to a facial image region in the second digital video sequence that includes the photographer's face; inserting the extracted facial video sequence into the determined spatial image region to form the composite digital video sequence; and storing the composite digital video sequence in the storage memory.