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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 04, 2010
Applicants:
Anthony Scalise, Fairport, NY (US);
Robert B. Poetker, Penfield, NY (US);
Kevin R. Delong, Victor, NY (US);
Inventors:
Anthony Scalise, Fairport, NY (US);
Robert B. Poetker, Penfield, NY (US);
Kevin R. Delong, Victor, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.