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Samsung patents method to brighten specific objects in photos

Samsung has filed a patent for a software method that uses an AI model to identify a specific object within a photo. The system then adjusts the brightness and color of that object to make it stand out more clearly from the rest of the image.

Why it mattersThis could lead to camera features that automatically highlight subjects, making photos easier to view without manual editing.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an image, a first region including a designated object and a second region distinguished from the first region, changes a first luminance of pixels included in the first region to a second luminance in order to move a luminance distribution range of the pixels, changes a first color of at least one of the pixels to a second color such that a luminance deviation of the pixels increases, and changes a color of at least one of the pixels to a third color based on a weighted sum of the first color and the second color, thereby providing a corrected image for the image.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: at least one processor; and memory comprising one or more storage media storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: estimate, from an image stored in the memory by using a first artificial intelligence model, a first region in which a defined object is included, and a second region distinct from the first region, change a first luminance of first pixels included in the first region to a second luminance, based on a reference luminance, to shift a luminance distribution range of the first pixels included in the first region, change a first color of at least one pixel among the first pixels to a second color such that a luminance deviation of the first pixels is increased, and provide a calibrated image for the image by changing a color of at least one pixel among the first pixels to a third color based on a weighted sum of the first color and the second color.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING PARTIAL AREA OF IMAGE
Publication number
US20260260399A1
Application number
19653719
Filed
Apr 21, 2026
Published
Sep 3, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
20

Classified under

G06T 11/10 Physics & computingG06T 5/60 Physics & computingG06V 10/255 Physics & computing
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