Patent Document ID: 20080019565
Application ID: 11773868
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of in-camera processing of a still image including one or more faces as part of an acquisition process, comprising: (a) identifying a group of pixels that correspond to a face within a digitally-acquired still image on a portable camera; (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 a first processing portion of the image including the group of pixels based on the collection of low resolution images; (e) determining a second processing portion of the image other than the group of pixels; and (f) automatically in-camera processing the first processing portion with enhanced quality processing compared with the second processing portion to generate a processed image including the face; and (g) outputting the in-camera processed image including said face to a digital rendering device for viewing.