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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Wan-yu Chen, Taipei County, TW;
Chih-hui Kuo, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Wan-Yu Chen, Taipei County, TW;
Chih-Hui Kuo, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A digital camera and an image capturing method for photographing at least one object in the digital camera. An image is sensed, and an eye-gazing detection process is accordingly preformed on the image to detect an eye-gazing direction of at least one pair of eyes of the at least one object. It is determined whether the eye-gazing direction meets a gazing criterion. If the eye-gazing direction meets the gazing criterion, an application of the digital camera is triggered.