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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2014
Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 Llc, Las Vegas, NV (US);
John R. Fredlund, Rochester, NY (US);
Kenneth A. Parulski, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert M. Guidash, Rochester, NY (US);
Kevin E. Spaulding, Spencerport, NY (US);
Frank Razavi, Fairport, NY (US);
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A digital camera for capturing an image containing the photographer, comprising: an image sensor; an optical system for forming an image of a scene on the image sensor; a processor for processing the output of the image sensor in order to detect the presence of one or more faces in a field of view of the digital camera; a feedback mechanism for providing feedback to the photographer while the photographer is included within the field of view, responsive to detecting at least one face in the field of view, and a means for initiating capture of a digital image of the scene containing the photographer.