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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Eran Steinberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yury Prilutsky, San Mateo, CA (US);
Peter Corcoran, Claregalway, IE;
Petronel Bigioi, Galway, IE;
Adrian Zamfir, Bucharest, RO;
Vasile Buzuloiu, Bucharest, RO;
Danutz Ursu, Bucharest, RO;
Marta Zamfir, Bucharest, RO;
Eran Steinberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yury Prilutsky, San Mateo, CA (US);
Peter Corcoran, Claregalway, IE;
Petronel Bigioi, Galway, IE;
Adrian Zamfir, Bucharest, RO;
Vasile Buzuloiu, Bucharest, RO;
Danutz Ursu, Bucharest, RO;
Marta Zamfir, Bucharest, RO;
FotoNation Vision Limited, Galway, IE;
Abstract
A method of automatically determining a need to service a digital image acquisition system including a digital camera with a lens assembly includes analyzing pixels within one or more acquired digital images according to probability determinations that such pixels correspond to blemish artifacts. It is automatically determined whether a threshold distribution of blemish artifacts is present within one or more of the digital images. A need for service is indicated when at least the threshold distribution is determined to be present.