Detecting red eye filter and apparatus using meta-data

A portable digital camera, comprising:

• (a) a camera housing,
• (b) one or more optics and a sensor disposed within said camera housing for acquiring digital images of scenes that include real faces, and
• (c) a red eye filter within said camera housing, to perform a method of filtering within said camera a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image that comprises a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes within the image, the image being acquired of a scene that includes a real face;
• (d) wherein the method of filtering a red eye phenomenon comprising:
• analyzing meta-data information including image acquisition device-specific information including f-stop, aperture, exposure, gain, white balance or color transformation, or combinations thereof;
• and
• utilizing meta-data information of user preference device-specific setup information for said analyzing meta-data;
• and
• determining, based at least in part on said meta-data analysis, whether one or more regions within said digital image are suspected as including red eye artifact.

A red eye filter within a portable digital camera device configured to acquire digital images of scenes that include real faces, the red eye filter being configured to perform a method of filtering a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image that comprises a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes within the digital image, the digital image being acquired of a scene that includes a real face, the method comprising:

• analyzing meta-data information including image acquisition device-specific information, including f-stop, aperture, exposure, gain, white balance or color transformation, or combinations thereof;
• utilizing meta-data information of user preference device-specific setup information for said analyzing meta-data;
• and
• determining, based at least in part on said meta-data analysis, whether one or more regions within said digital image are suspected as including red eye artifact.