Patent Document ID: 20130329079
Application ID: 13969558
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of enhancing an appearance of a face within a digital image, comprising using a processor in: acquiring a digital image of a scene including a face, including capturing the image using a lens and an image sensor of a processing device that includes the processor, or receiving said image following capture by another device that includes a lens and an image sensor, or a combination thereof; identifying one or two groups of pixels that each include a pupil region of an eye region within the face in the digital image; identifying a border between said pupil region and an iris or a sclera of said each eye region using luminance information; adjusting the digital image including adding one or more glint pixels at a pupil side of the border between said iris and said pupil to generate an enhanced image; and displaying, transmitting, communicating or digitally storing or otherwise outputting the enhanced image or a further processed version, or combinations thereof.