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Samsung patents image editing that fills gaps using nearby photos

Samsung describes a method for editing photos by automatically finding other images taken at similar times or featuring the same subject. The system uses details from these related photos to fill in deleted areas or extend the background of the main image.

Why it mattersThis could make photo editing easier by automatically suggesting realistic backgrounds or filling in missing parts based on your existing camera roll.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device for generating images includes a processor and a memory for storing instructions that cause the electronic device to, in response to a first command to edit a first image, identifies a second image that is captured within a capture threshold of an acquisition time of the first image or is related to a subject of the first image. In some embodiments, the electronic device obtains, from the second image, feature information for generating an image corresponding to a first portion deleted inside the first image or a second portion to be extended outside the first image. The electronic device performs a painting operation to generate the image corresponding to the first portion or the second portion of the first image. The electronic device generates a third image that includes the first image and the image corresponding to the first portion or the second portion.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: at least one processor; and memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: in response to a first command to edit a first image stored in the memory, identify a second image that is captured within a capture threshold of an acquisition time of the first image stored in the memory or is related to a subject of the first image; obtain, from the second image, feature information for generating an image corresponding to a first portion deleted inside the first image or a second portion to be extended outside the first image; perform, using the first image and the feature information, a painting operation to generate the image corresponding to the first portion or the second portion of the first image; and generate, based on the painting operation, a third image comprising the first image and the image corresponding to the first portion or the second portion.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING IMAGE, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
Publication number
US20260278754A1
Application number
19640797
Filed
Apr 7, 2026
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
20

Classified under

G06T 5/77 Physics & computingG06T 5/50 Physics & computingG06T 5/60 Physics & computingG06T 11/60 Physics & computingG06V 20/30 Physics & computingG06V 40/10 Physics & computing
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