Patent ID: 7634109

Claim:
A method of processing a digital image using face detection within said image to achieve one or more desired image processing parameters, comprising: (a) on an apparatus including a processor configured for image processing, acquiring a main digital image and automatically identifying a group of pixels that correspond to an image of a face within the main digital image; (b) generating in-camera, capturing or otherwise obtaining in-camera a collection of low resolution images including said face; (c) tracking said face within said collection of low resolution images; (d) determining default values of one or more parameters of said face within said main digital image based on analysis of said main digital image or on the collection of low resolution images, or both; (e) adjusting values of the one or more parameters within the digital image based upon an analysis of said collection of low resolution images and said digital image including said image of said face and said default values; and (f) rendering, transmitting, transferring, storing, uploading, caching, or displaying said modified image or a further processed version, or combinations thereof.