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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Simon Dominic Haynes, Fleet, GB;
Mark Julian Russell, Maidenhead, GB;
Andrew David Kydd, Wokingham, GB;
Simon Dominic Haynes, Fleet, GB;
Mark Julian Russell, Maidenhead, GB;
Andrew David Kydd, Wokingham, GB;
Sony United Kingdom Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Abstract
An image capture apparatus includes a first imaging device operable to capture an image feedback image. A generator generates a feedback image from a captured image for output to a display. A facial recognition unit operates to determine the position of a face within the feedback image. An image corruptor operates to corrupt the feedback image with respect to the position of a face within the feedback image as determined by the facial recognition unit. An image capture initiator operates to initiate the capture of an output image subsequent to corruption of the feedback image.