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Image selection techniques

Granted 17 Jul 2012 · no office action yet

Assignee: Microsoft Corporation

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Inventors: Jiangyu Liu, Jian Sun · Examiner: Anh Hong Do · AU 2624 · TC 2600

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Abstract

Tools disclosed herein comprise progressive, paint stroke based region recognition and selection tools. Using these tools, a user may partially paint a region of interest directly on an image (by using a paint brush or other similar tool). Unlike conventional selection tools, a user is not required to paint the entire region pixel-by-pixel. Rather the desired region is automatically and intelligently recognized based on the partial selection. This is accomplished via a progressive selection algorithm. In addition, these tools provide the ability to quickly execute such region selections on multi-megapixel images.

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IPC · International Patent Classification
Section G — Physics
  • G06K9/34
USPC · US Patent Classification
382/164382/162382/173

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related publicationUS 20110075921 A131 Mar 2011

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