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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2010
Elya Shechtman, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel R. Goldman, Seattle, WA (US);
David E. Jacobs, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Elya Shechtman, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel R. Goldman, Seattle, WA (US);
David E. Jacobs, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for generating context-sensitive, co-salient thumbnails are described. Co-salient thumbnails may effectively convey more useful information than conventional thumbnails while using the same or similar display space. As such, co-salient thumbnails may make it easier for a user to locate a particular image in a large collection of similar images. In some embodiments, for each of a plurality of patches in a first image, an illustrative method may identify a corresponding similar patch in a second image based on one or more similarity measures. The method may then determine a distance from each of the plurality of patches to its corresponding similar patch and select a crop in the first image relative to the second image based on the determined distance. Optionally, the method may repeat these operations in the opposite direction to select a crop in the second image relative to the first image.