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(57) ABSTRACT A digital image processing technique is for detecting and correcting visual
imperfections using a reference image. A main image and one or more reference images …

A method and system for automatically creating an image product based on media assets
stored in a database. A number of stored digital media files are analyzed to determine their …

Methods are provided for detecting, tracking or recogniz ing faces, or combinations thereof,
within acquired digital images of an image stream. An image processing apparatus is also …

An image processing apparatus for generating a three-dimen 4,872,056 A* 10/1989 Hicks et
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(57) ABSTRACT A digital image processing technique detects and corrects visual
imperfections using a reference image. A main image and one or more reference images …

A database includes an identifier and associated parameters for each of a number of faces
to be recognized. A new acquired image from an image stream is received potentially …

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(57) ABSTRACT A method for cropping photos images captured by a user from an image of
a page of a photo album is described. Corners in the page image are detected using corner …

An apparatus and method for image-based 3D photorealistic head modeling are provided.
The method for creating a 3D photorealistic head model includes: detecting frontal and …