Patent Document ID: 20110234847
Application ID: 13034707
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image processing method comprising: a) acquiring a main image of a scene and one or more further images approximately of a same scene within a time period including said acquiring of said main image; b) determining one or more facial regions in said main image and said one or more further images; c) analyzing said one or more facial regions to determine if any one of said facial regions includes a defect, including (i) applying a model to each facial region, (ii) analyzing one or more parameters of said model for each facial region to provide an indication of facial expression; and (iii) segmenting from said set one or more facial regions indicative of a defective facial expression; d) combining defect free facial regions to provide a high quality defect free facial region; and e) replacing at least a portion of a defective facial region of said main image with image information from a corresponding high quality defect free facial region.