Google patents smart zoom that follows where you tap on an image
This filing describes a method for zooming into an image based on where a user taps or indicates an area. The system identifies the most important part of that selected area, called a saliency region, and zooms in on it, allowing for repeated taps to zoom in further.
In the filing’s own words
A method includes receiving a first user-indicated area associated with a displayed image. The method also includes determining a first saliency region based on the first user-indicated area and the displayed image. The method further includes causing a first zoomed-in image to be displayed based on the first saliency region. The method additionally includes receiving a second user-indicated area associated with the first zoomed-in image. The method further includes determining a second saliency region based on the second user-indicated area and the first zoomed-in image. The method also includes causing a second zoomed-in image to be displayed based on the second saliency region, where the second zoomed-in image is further zoomed in than the first zoomed-in image.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: receiving a first user-indicated area associated with a displayed image; determining a first saliency region based on the first user-indicated area and the displayed image; causing a first zoomed-in image to be displayed based on the first saliency region; receiving a second user-indicated area associated with the first zoomed-in image; determining a second saliency region based on the second user-indicated area and the first zoomed-in image; and causing a second zoomed-in image to be displayed based on the second saliency region, wherein the second zoomed-in image is further zoomed in than the first zoomed-in image.
Facts
- Company
- Google (Google LLC)
- Official title
- Image Saliency Based Smart Framing with Consideration of Tapping Position and Continuous Adjustment
- Publication number
- US20260303951A1
- Application number
- 19479722
- Filed
- May 5, 2023
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 23
Classified under
H04N 23/632 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/611 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/69 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/90 Electricity & electronicsMore from Google in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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