Image Enhancement and Repair Using Sample Data from Other Images

A non-transitory program storage device, readable by a programmable control device and comprising instructions stored thereon to cause the programmable control device to:

• receive an indication that identifies a first region of a first image;
• identify, from a database of images, one or more second images, wherein each of the one or more second images has a region corresponding to the first region;
• and
• modify the first region based, at least in part, on the corresponding region from at least one of the one or more second images.

An programmable device, comprising:

• a programmable control device;
• a memory coupled to the programmable control device;
• and
• software stored in the memory, the software comprising instructions causing the programmable control device to:
• receive an indication that identifies a first region of a first image;
• identify automatically one or more second images from a collection of images, wherein each of the one or more second images has a region corresponding to the first region;
• and
• modify the first region automatically based, at least in part, on the corresponding region from at least one of the one or more second images.