Red-eye filter method and apparatus

Details Red-eye filter method and apparatus Red-eye filter method and apparatus

2006-05-09

2006-05-09

Vu, Ngoc-Yen (Department: 2612)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Combined image signal generator and general image signal...

C348S222100

Reexamination Certificate

active

07042505

ABSTRACT:
A digital camera has an integral flash and a means for storing and displaying a digital image. Under certain conditions, a flash photograph taken with the camera may result in a red-eye phenomenon due to a reflection within an eye of a subject of the photograph. The digital camera has a red-eye filter which analyzes the stored image for the red-eye phenomenon and modifies the stored image to eliminate the red-eye phenomenon by changing the red area to black. The modification of the image is enabled when a photograph is taken under conditions indicative of the red-eye phenomenon. The modification is subject to anti-falsing analysis which further examines the area around the red-eye area for indicia of the eye of the subject.

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