Patent Document ID: 7809162
Application ID: 12262024
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of processing a digital image using face detection within said image to achieve one or more desired image processing parameters, comprising: on an apparatus including a processor configured for image processing, acquiring a digital image and automatically identifying a group of pixels that correspond to an image of a face within the digital image, including initially failing to identify said group of pixels as corresponding to said face, and one or both of adjusting a sensitivity or threshold of face detection; designating said group of pixels corresponding to said face with a weight based on size, location, relative exposure or detection assurance, or combinations thereof, of said face within said digital image; determining default values of one or more parameters of at least some portion of said digital image; adjusting values of the one or more parameters within the digitally-detected image based upon an analysis of said digital image including said image of said face, said weight, and said default values; and receiving and executing a command to remove a false indication of said face or another face within the image based on an indication that the apparatus has automatically falsely identified said group or another group of pixels as being a face, or adding an indication of at least one other face within the image, or both, based on said one or both of adjusting sensitivity or threshold of face detection.