Method for automatically creating cropped and zoomed versions of photographic images
US6654506B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 25, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V10/762
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and computer program/system for cropping a digital image includes inputting a belief map of a photographic image, (a belief value at a location in the belief map indicates an importance of a photographic subject at the same location in the photographic image), selecting a zoom factor and a crop window, clustering regions of the belief map to identify background portions, secondary portions and main portions, positioning the crop window such that the crop window is centered around a main portion having a highest belief value, moving the crop window such that the crop window is included completely within the image, moving the crop window such that a sum of belief values is at a maximum, and cropping the image according to the crop window.
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