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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2017
Applicant:

Stereovision Imaging, Inc., Pasadena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Péter L. Venetianer, McLean, VA (US);

Randall J. St. Romain, II, Clifton, VA (US);

Miraj Shah, Fairfax, VA (US);

Chris Roller, Fairfax, VA (US);

Assignee:

StereoVision Imaging, Inc., Calabasas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/243 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/238 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/243 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling camera settings of a camera to improve detection of faces in an uncontrolled environment are described. A first image is received from the camera, where the first image is captured by the camera at a first set of camera settings. A face is detected in the first image. The camera is adjusted to a second set of camera settings based on the detected face, where the second set of camera settings different from the first set of camera settings. A second image is received from the camera, where the second image is captured by the camera at the second set of camera settings. The face is detected in the second image. A quality metric of the face in the second image is determined where the quality metric is indicative of an image quality of the face in the second image. The camera is adjusted to a new set of camera settings to increase the quality metric of the face in subsequent images, the new set of camera settings different from both the first set of camera settings and the second set of camera settings. Once a sufficient quality metric of the face is achieved, the face is acquired, or otherwise captured, by the camera or other sensors.


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