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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Hung-hsin Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
Karthikeyan Shanmugavadivelu, San Diego, CA (US);
Shizhong Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
Wan Shun Vincent MA, San Diego, CA (US);
Adarsh Abhay Golikeri, San Diego, CA (US);
Hung-Hsin Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
Karthikeyan Shanmugavadivelu, San Diego, CA (US);
Shizhong Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
Wan Shun Vincent Ma, San Diego, CA (US);
Adarsh Abhay Golikeri, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Described is a method and apparatus for unattended image capture that can identify subjects or faces within an image captured with an image sensor. The methods and apparatus may then score the image based, at least in part, on scores of detected subjects or faces in the image, scores of facial expressions, a focus score, exposure score, stability score, or audio score. If the score of the image is above a threshold, a snapshot image may be stored to a data store on the imaging device. If the score of the image is below a threshold, one or more audible prompts may be generated indicating that subjects should change positions, smile or remain more still during the image capture process.