56. The apparatus as recited in claim 55 , wherein the feature includes at least one feature selected from a group of features comprising a Haar-like feature, an extended feature, a mirror invariant feature, and a variance feature.
55. The apparatus as recited in claim 54 , wherein the multiple stage face detection scheme further includes a pre-filter stage wherein the logic is configured to output the set of initial candidate portions selected from the plurality of portions based on at least one feature.