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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Do-Hyeon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dong-Chang Lee, Daegu, KR;
Dong-Hyuk Lee, Seoul, KR;
Seong-Taek Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image editing apparatus and an image editing method for selecting an area of interest, in which a user more accurately selects an area desired to be selected using a finger by setting a position of a touch input as a selection start point for starting image selection if the user performs the touch input on a background image at the time of image editing, sets a trace generated by moving the background image or the selects start point as a selection image area, and selecting the set selection image area from the background image.