Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for manipulating images using metadata
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorStan Jirman
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Abstract
Many cameras have the ability to capture an image and generate metadata associated with the image. Such image metadata may include focus point metadata information that may be indicative of the potential focus points available to the camera as well as which one or more of those potential focus points were utilized to capture the image. As the location of a focus point used during image capture is generally intended to coincide with the location of the photographer's main area of interest within the image, such focus point metadata can be accessed during image editing and used to zoom in to the captured image at that focus point location. Performing a “smart-zoom” based on an image's focus point metadata may save time and reduce frustration during the image editing process.
Claims24
An image processing system comprising:
- a display;
- and
- a processor coupled to the display and a memory device containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- process focus point metadata associated with an image;
- identify a subject within the image based at least in part on a facial recognition algorithm;
- compare a location of a focus point of the image as defined by the focus point metadata with a location of the subject as identified by the facial recognition algorithm, to provide a result;
- generate a priority for the image based on the result;
- and
- manipulate the image on the display based at least in part on the priority.
A method comprising:
- processing, using one or more processors, focus point metadata associated with an image to determining a focus point of the image;
- identifying, using the one or more processors, a subject within the image based at least in part on a subject recognition algorithm;
- comparing a location of the focus point with a location of the subject as identified by the subject recognition algorithm, to provide a result;
- generating a priority for the image based on the result;
- and
- manipulating, using the one or more processors, the image based at least in part on the priority.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor within a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
- processing focus point metadata associated with an image to determining a focus point of the image;
- identifying a subject within the image based at least in part on a subject recognition algorithm;
- comparing a location of the focus point with a location of the subject as identified by the subject recognition algorithm, to provide a result;
- generating a priority for the image based on the result;
- and
- manipulating the image based at least in part on the priority.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.