Patent ID: 8126208

Claim:
One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied thereon, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method of processing a main digital image using face detection to achieve a desired image processing parameter, the method comprising: on an apparatus including a processor configured for image processing, generating in-camera, capturing or otherwise obtaining in-camera a collection of low resolution images including said face; tracking said face within said collection of low resolution images; based on said tracking, automatically identifying a group of pixels that correspond to an image of a face within the main digital image; determining default values of one or more parameters of at least some portion of said main digital image; adjusting values of the one or more parameters within the main digital image based upon an analysis of one or more images of said collection of low resolution images including said face and said default values, and automatically providing a fill flash to digitally add exposure to brighten the group of pixels that correspond to said image of said face while not digitally adding exposure to nor otherwise brightening one or more other pixels within the main digital image.