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Image Cropping suggestion

US9245347B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2014
Grant dateJan 26, 2016
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30168
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Image cropping suggestion is described. In one or more implementations, multiple croppings of a scene are scored based on parameters that indicate visual characteristics established for visually pleasing croppings. The parameters may include a parameter that indicates composition quality of a candidate cropping, for example. The parameters may also include a parameter that indicates whether content appearing in the scene is preserved and a parameter that indicates simplicity of a boundary of a candidate cropping. Based on the scores, image croppings may be chosen, e.g., to present the chosen image croppings to a user for selection. To choose the croppings, they may be ranked according to the score and chosen such that consecutively ranked croppings are not chosen. Alternately or in addition, image croppings may be chosen that are visually different according to scores which indicate those croppings have different visual characteristics.

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