Segmentation-based display highlighting subject of interest

A method, comprising:

• receiving a visual content data comprising a frame of video content or a single image data;
• determining for each of at least a subsets of pixels comprising the visual content data a probability that the pixel is associated with an object of interest;
• determining for the visual content data based at least in part on said pixel-level probabilities a likelihood map that identifies portions of the visual content data determined to be associated with the object of interest;
• and
• generating based at least in part on the likelihood map a mask layer configured to be combined with the visual content data to provide a modified visual content data in which the object of interest is highlighted.

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• receiving a visual content data comprising a frame of video content or a single image data;
• determining for each of at least a subsets of pixels comprising the visual content data a probability that the pixel is associated with an object of interest;
• determining for the visual content data based at least in part on said pixel-level probabilities a likelihood map that identifies portions of the visual content data determined to be associated with the object of interest;
• and
• generating based at least in part on the likelihood map a mask layer configured to be combined with the visual content data to provide a modified visual content data in which the object of interest is highlighted.