Generating a combined image from multiple images
US8837859B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 19, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/611
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A determination is made for each of multiple regions in multiple images of how good that region is perceived as being. A base image is identified, and a combined image is generated from the multiple images by automatically replacing each region of the base image with a corresponding region of another image if the corresponding region has been determined as being better than the region of the base image. The generating of the combined image can include automatically selecting from one of the multiple images a region in which an object that is present in one or more corresponding regions of other images is absent. Additionally, for a particular region of the base image, corresponding regions of the other images can be displayed, and the particular region replaced with a user-selected one of the corresponding regions of the other images.
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