METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE REJECTION OF DIGITAL IMAGES

摘要

An unsatisfactory scene is disqualified as an image (fig. 1 element 150) acquistion control for a camera. An image is acquired. One or more regions of facial or other key features are determined in the image (fig. 1 element 130). These regions are analyzed to determine whether they are unsatisfactorily blocked or shadowed (fig. 1 element 140), and if so, then the scene is disqualified as a candidate for a processed, permanent image while the feature continues to be blocked or shadowed (fig. 1 element 150).