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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Daniel M. Bloom, Loveland, CO (US);
Christopher A. Whitman, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jason E. Yost, Windsor, CO (US);
Inventors:
Daniel M. Bloom, Loveland, CO (US);
Christopher A. Whitman, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jason E. Yost, Windsor, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When using a strobe in capturing a digital image is determined to be imminent, a pre-capture image may be saved from which iris-color information can be derived. The iris-color information derived from the pre-capture image may be used to improve red-eye correction of the captured digital image.