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Enhancing images using known characteristics of image subjects

US8525847B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 2009
Grant dateSep 3, 2013
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Expiry dateOct 6, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30201
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method performed by one or more computers programmed to enhance images, the method including receiving an image and a face region associated with the image, sampling pixels from the face region, generating, based on the sampled pixels, a face-region evaluation, identifying a modification to the image based on the face-region evaluation, and modifying the image in accordance with the identified modification.

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