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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Carl Staelin, Haifa, IL;
Stephen Philip Cheatle, Bristol, GB;
Carl Staelin, Haifa, IL;
Stephen Philip Cheatle, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An electronic image processor () for enhancing an artistic intent of an image comprises: an input () to receive digital image data of an image to be enhanced; a classifier () to identify and classify regions in an image, including assigning to each region one of plural predetermined classifications and a respective degree of confidence in the classification, on the basis of the context of the region within the image, each classification being associated with a perceived degree of saliency of the region to a human viewer of the image; and an enhancer () to enhance regions of the image by a degree of enhancement determined at least in part by the respective classification and by the degree of confidence in the classification.