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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Shmuel Avidan, Brookline, MA (US);
Jen-chan Chien, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chintan Intwala, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jue Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
Shmuel Avidan, Brookline, MA (US);
Jen-Chan Chien, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chintan Intwala, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jue Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for expansion and reduction of images uses an absolute value associated with each pixel of an input image (e.g., a color and/or intensity value) to determine a respective energy value for each pixel. For example, a given color or range of colors (e.g., skin tones, or other high-priority colors) may be assigned higher energy values than other colors and/or color ranges, and may be protected during image reduction and/or expansion. These energy values may be used to determine a cost associated with various seams of the image, which may represent the priority of the seams in the image. One or more low-cost seams may be identified for removal or replication to produce a resized image. The methods may be used in conjunction with an automated skin tone detector or a user interface that allows selection of one or more high priority colors or color ranges.