Patent Document ID: 20120224077
Application ID: 13039016
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: a first image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a scene for a user; a second image capturing unit configured to capture an image of the user; an identification unit configured to identify at least one region of interest of the scene based on a combination of eye and facial characteristics of the user of the image capturing apparatus during an image capturing operation; a processing unit configured to analyze at least facial characteristics of the user associated with each region of interest during the image capturing operation; a determining unit configured to determine a facial expression classification associated with each region of interest based on corresponding analyzed facial characteristics for each region during the image capturing operation; a recording unit configured to record facial expression metadata based on information representing the at least one region of interest and the facial expression classification associated with an image captured during the image capturing operation; and a rendering unit configured to render the image using the recorded facial expression metadata.