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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2009
Hua-qi Zhang, Hangzhou, CN;
Min Cheng, Hangzhou, CN;
Guang-yan Liu, Hangzhou, CN;
Fan-tao Zeng, Hangzhou, CN;
Jin Wang, Hangzhou, CN;
Hua-Qi Zhang, Hangzhou, CN;
Min Cheng, Hangzhou, CN;
Guang-Yan Liu, Hangzhou, CN;
Fan-Tao Zeng, Hangzhou, CN;
Jin Wang, Hangzhou, CN;
Arcsoft (Hangzhou) Multimedia Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, CN;
Abstract
A focus enhancing method for a portrait in a digital image is applied to an electronic device capable of receiving or reading a digital image and executing a focus enhancing process with respect to a portrait in the digital image, wherein the focus enhancing process includes a foreground definition procedure for defining a head region and a body region of the portrait as a foreground of the digital image, a foreground and background segmentation procedure for cutting away an image other than the foreground from the digital image and defining the result as a background of the digital image, and a foreground and background blending procedure for blurring the background, feathering a transition region coupled to the foreground and the background, and blending the foreground, the transition region and the background to form a new digital image with a prominent portrait.