Photography – Camera release control circuit
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-21
2010-02-16
Perkey, W. B. (Department: 2862)
Photography
Camera release control circuit
C382S190000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07664389
ABSTRACT:
To improve the quality of photographs of people, the disclosure describes a system and method of photography using desirable feature recognition. The system and method recognize when the subject persons in a photograph possess one or more desirable features for a desirable photograph, such as when they are all smiling and/or not blinking. The system and method may be applied either to individual or group photographs. The system and method of the present invention may operate in a “Full Mode”, in which a picture is taken when all subject persons possess the desirable feature(s). The system and method also may operate in a “Proportional Mode”, in which a picture is taken when a set proportion of the subject persons possess the desirable feature(s). The system and method also may operate in a “Best Picture Mode”, in which multiple photographs are imaged, and the best photograph is selected for keeping, as measured by the photograph containing the highest proportion of subject persons who possess the desirable feature(s). The system and method also may operate in a timer mode, which permits the camera user to appear in the photograph.
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Ekstrand Fredrik M. D.
Kretz Martin
Perkey W. B.
Reisner Noam
Renner , Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
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