Methods and devices for selecting objects in images
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorSteven Henry Fyke
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Abstract
Methods and devices for selecting objects in images are described. In one example aspect, a method includes: receiving stereoscopic image data, the stereoscopic image data includes a first image obtained from a first camera and a second image obtained from a second camera; identifying an object in the first image by analyzing the first image and the second image; displaying the first image, the identified object in the first image being selectable.
Claims20
A method, implemented by a processor of an electronic device, for allowing selection of an object in an image, the method comprising:
- receiving image data, the image data including a first image obtained from a first camera and a second image obtained from a second camera, the first camera and the second camera being oriented in a common direction;
- identifying an object in the first image by analyzing the first image and the second image, wherein the analyzing includes identifying one or more boundary associated with the object in the first image based on discontinuities in visual characteristics;
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- displaying an image based on one or both of the first image and the second image, the identified object in the first image being selectable.
An electronic device comprising:
- a memory;
- a display;
- a first camera and a second camera, the first camera and the second camera being oriented in a common direction;
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- a processor coupled to the memory, the display, the first camera, and the second camera, the processor being configured to:
- receive image data, the image data including a first image obtained from a first camera and a second image obtained from the second camera;
- identify an object in the first image by analyzing the first image and the second image, wherein the analyzing includes identifying one or more boundary associated with the object in the first image based on discontinuities in visual characteristics;
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- display an image based on one or both of the first image and the second image, the identified object in the first image being selectable.
A non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium encoded with computer executable instructions, wherein execution of the computer executable instructions is for:
- receiving image data, the image data including a first image obtained from a first camera and a second image obtained from a second camera, the first camera and the second camera being oriented in a common direction;
- identifying an object in the first image by analyzing the first image and the second image, wherein the analyzing includes identifying one or more boundary associated with the object in the first image based on discontinuities in one or more visual characteristics;
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- displaying an image based on one or both of the first image and the second image, the identified object in the first image being selectable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.