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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Bruce E. Flinchbaugh, Dallas, TX (US);
Bruce E. Flinchbaugh, Dallas, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A digital still camera () receives and digitizes visible radiation () and sound waves () from a scene (). When an operator actuates a shutter release (), the camera detects and evaluates digitized information () from the scene in a continuing manner, until a point in time when information representative of a human facial characteristic satisfies a specified criteria set by the operator through use of switches () and a display (). The camera then records in a memory () a digital image of the scene, which corresponds to the point in time. The stored image is a high-quality image, which can avoid characteristics such as eyes that are closed or a mouth that is open.