Samsung patents drawing objects into photos with AI
This filing describes a method where users draw a simple shape or stroke on a photo to add new objects. An AI model analyzes the drawing's shape and color, then picks the best matching object to insert based on the photo's background and depth.
In the filing’s own words
A method for object insertion in an image, includes detecting a stroke input indicating a request to insert one or more objects in the image; identifying a shape and a color of the stroke input; generating, using an artificial intelligence (AI) model, a plurality of first candidate objects based on the identified shape and the color of the stroke; selecting one or more second candidate objects among the plurality of first candidate objects based on the context of the scene and the location of the stroke input; and updating the image by inserting the one or more second candidate objects based on the depth information and the location of the stroke input.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for object insertion in an image, the method comprising: detecting a stroke input indicating a request to insert one or more objects in the image; identifying a shape and a color of the stroke input; generating, using an artificial intelligence (AI) model, a plurality of first candidate objects based on the shape and the color of the stroke input; determining depth information of the one or more objects to be inserted in the image based on a position of the stroke input and one or more neighboring objects within the image; identifying a context of a scene of the image; identifying a location of the stroke input within the image; selecting one or more second candidate objects among the plurality of first candidate objects based on the context of the scene and the location of the stroke input; and updating the image by inserting the one or more second candidate objects based on the depth information and the location of the stroke input.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT INSERTION IN IMAGE
- Publication number
- US20260320865A1
- Application number
- 19464037
- Filed
- Jan 29, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
G06T 11/60 Physics & computingG06T 7/11 Physics & computingG06T 7/136 Physics & computingG06T 7/50 Physics & computingG06T 7/70 Physics & computingG06T 7/90 Physics & computingMore from Samsung 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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