US 8,525,898 B2 · Methods and apparatuses for using image acquisition data to detect and correct image defects

Abstract

A method and device for detecting a potential defect in an image comprises acquiring a digital image at a time; storing image acquisition data, wherein the image acquisition data includes at least one of a position of a source of light relative to a lens, a distance from the source of light to the lens, a focal length of the lens, a distance from a point on a digital image acquisition device to a subject, an amount of ambient light, or flash intensity; determining dynamic anthropometric data, wherein the dynamic anthropometric data includes one or more dynamically changing human body measurements, of one or more humans represented in the image, captured at the time; and determining a course of corrective action based, at least in part, on the image acquisition data and the dynamic anthropometric data.

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Dependent claims

One or more non-transitory processor-readable media having embedded code therein for programming a processor to perform a method comprising:

detecting a value indicative of ambient light at a time when an image is acquired;
storing the value in association with the image;
determining a course of action based, at least in part, on the value;
determining an on-subject pupil size based, at least in part, on the value;
determining a second value indicative of a distance between an image capture apparatus and a subject;
storing the second value;
determining a critical distance based, at least in part, on the on-subject pupil size and the second value;
determining whether to perform corrective action on the image based, at least in part, on the critical distance.

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Methods and apparatuses for using image acquisition data to detect and correct image defects

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Methods and apparatuses for using image acquisition data to detect and correct image defects

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