1. A system, comprising: a feature extraction component configured to receive an image and to identify parts of the image for further evaluation; a pattern recognition component configured to recognize object portions from the image parts; a parameter-based decision component configured to: evaluate both a current power constraint of the system and a value-of-information for at least one of the image parts, the value-of-information being influenced by the current power constraint, and determine whether to influence the feature extraction component and the pattern recognition component based upon the evaluation of the current power constraint and the value-of-information; and, a processor that executes computer-executable instructions associated with at least one of the feature extraction component, the pattern recognition component, or the parameter-based decision component.