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US6301440:
System and method for automatically setting image acquisition controls
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Bolle, Rudolf M.; Bedford Hills, NY
Connell, Jonathan H.; Cortlandt-Manor, NY
Hampapur, Arun; White Plains, NY
Senior, Andrew W.; New York, NY
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| Assignee: |
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY
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| Published / Filed: |
2001-10-09
/ 2000-04-13
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| Application Number: |
US2000000549023
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G03B 15/00;
G03B 19/02;
G06T 1/00;
H04N 5/232;
H04N 101/00;
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IPC-7:
G03B 13/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
H04N5/232;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
396/128;
348/229.1;
348/E05.042;
396/287;
396/429;
Original:
396/128;
396/429;
348/229;
348/232;
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396/125,128,322,319,374,236
348/232,233,229,230,362-366
355/038,40,67-69,77
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US2000000549023 |
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| Abstract: |
A system and method use computer image processing for setting the parameters for an image acquisition device of a camera. The image parameters are set automatically by analyzing the image to be taken, and setting the controls according to the subject matter, in the same manner as an expert photographer would be able to. The system can run in a fully automatic mode choosing the best image parameters, or a "guided mode" where the user is prompted with choices where a number of alternate settings would be reasonable.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
McGuireWoods, LLP ;
Percello, Louis J. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Rutledge, D.;
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First Claim:
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Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:
1. A system for automatically setting image acquisition controls of a camera, comprising:
- a temporary image acquisition unit which acquires a temporary image;
- a scene analysis unit which extracts information from said temporary image and generates a scene classification from said extracted information;
- a photographic expert unit which adjusts image capture parameters based on said scene classification; and
- a permanent image acquisition unit which acquires a permanent image based on the image capture parameters adjusted by said photographic expert unit.
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Flickner, et al., Query by Image and Video Content: The QBIC System, IEEE Computer, vol. 28, No. 9, Sep. 1995.*
A Highly Efficient System for Automatic Face Region Detection in MPEG Video, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 7, No. 4, Aug. 1997.*
D. Cowell, Probabilistic Networks & Expert Systems, Springer, 1999 XII, 321, pp. 45.
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