Digital image cropping using a blended map

Details Digital image cropping using a blended map Digital image cropping using a blended map

2011-07-12

2011-07-12

Lee, John W (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Pattern recognition

Classification

C382S164000, C382S173000, C382S194000, C382S199000, C382S282000, C348S077000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07978918

ABSTRACT:
An improved method for cropping a main subject from a digital image is disclosed. A skin color map and face map are independently computed and then blended to produce a revised map. A region map is computed by segmenting the digital image into a plurality of regions. A main subject importance map is calculated from the revised map and the region map. The digital image is cropped based on the main subject map.

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