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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:
May. 29, 2007

Filed:

May. 13, 2003
Applicants:

Lei Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Yanfeng Sun, Beijing, CN;

Mingjing LI, Beijing, CN;

Hong-jiang Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Lei Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Yanfeng Sun, Beijing, CN;

Mingjing Li, Beijing, CN;

Hong-Jiang Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one aspect, the present disclosure describes a process for automatic artifact compensation in a digital representation of an image. The process includes detecting, by a processor, regions corresponding to facial images within the digital representation; locating, by the processor, red-eye regions within the detected regions; and automatically modifying, by the processor, the located red-eye regions to provide a modified image.


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