Methods and systems for providing selective disparity refinement

An electronic device for processing an image, the electronic device comprising:

• memory;
• and
• at least one processor executing instructions read from the memory to perform operations comprising:
• detecting at least one object of interest in an image that has an original disparity value within a disparity value threshold range, wherein the disparity value threshold range is based on a first disparity value of a selected point of interest in the image;
• assigning a second disparity value to the detected at least one object of interest, wherein the second disparity value is based on at least one of the first disparity value or minimum and maximum disparity values in the disparity value threshold range;
• and
• applying at least one effect to the image based on the second disparity value assigned to the detected at least one object of interest, to thereby modify the image for subsequent display.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, implement a method for processing an image, the method comprising:

• receiving a selection for a point of interest coinciding with a first object of interest in the image, the point of interest having a first disparity value;
• defining a disparity value threshold range encompassing the first disparity value;
• detecting at least one second object of interest in the image that has a disparity value within the disparity value threshold range;
• assigning a same modified disparity value to each of the first object of interest and the at least one second object of interest, the modified disparity value being different from each of the first and second disparity values;
• and
• applying at least one effect to the image based on the modified disparity value assigned to the detected at least one object of interest, to thereby modify the image for subsequent display.