Patent Document ID: 8823776
Application ID: 12784257
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: receiving captured depth information associated with a first field of view of a depth camera, the depth information represented by a first plurality of depth pixels; receiving captured color information associated with a second field of view of a video camera that substantially overlaps with the first field of view of the depth camera, the first field of view not identical to the second field of view, the color information represented by a second plurality of color pixels; and enhancing color information represented by at least one color pixel of the second plurality of color pixels to generate an enhanced image, wherein enhancing the color information comprises adjusting an exposure characteristic of the color information captured by the video camera, the at least one color pixel enhanced based on depth information represented by at least one corresponding depth pixel of the first plurality of depth pixels; synchronizing the depth pixels from the depth camera with the color pixels from the color camera so that the at least one depth pixel corresponds with the at least one color pixel such that the at least one depth pixel and the at least one color pixel both represent a similar portion of at least one object within both the first and second fields of view that are not identical; and wherein enhancing color information comprises determining that at least a first one of the at least one color pixel corresponds to a face of a person, and in response, enhancing the at least a first one of the at least one color pixel and further comprising determining that at least a second one of the at least one color pixel corresponds to an object that does not correspond to a face of a person, and in response, not enhancing the at least second one of the at least one color pixel.