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Samsung patents photo tool that lets you slide to compare edits

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes a method for editing photos where the device automatically suggests enhancements like brightness or color adjustments. It creates a split-screen view where a user can drag a visual marker to slide between the original photo and the edited version, revealing more of one image while hiding the other.

Why it mattersThis feature improves the user experience by making it easier to see exactly how an automatic edit changes a specific part of a picture without having to toggle back and forth.

In the filing’s own words

An example image processing method may include determining a first image to be corrected; obtaining a second image by correcting the first image; and identifying at least one part, from among a plurality of parts in the second image, for recommending an effect caused by correction. The method may include displaying an indicator indicating at least one part in the second image and correction may be performed by automatically recommending and applying one or more correction functions for image enhancement to each image. The method may provide an original comparison display function or an enlarged display function for an enhanced image.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a display; a camera; at least one processor; and memory storing instructions, that executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to: acquire, through the camera, a first image including at least one first object; display, through the display, a first screen including the first image and a button for recommending enhancement; correct the first image based on a first input with respect to the button to acquire a second image with enhancement, wherein the second image including at least one second object corresponds to the first image including the at least one first object; display, through the display, a second screen including a third image including at least a first partial image from the first image, a second partial image from the second image, and a visual element; in response to a second input for moving the visual element in a first direction, increase an area of the first partial image in the third image and decrease an area of the second partial image in the third image; and in response to a third input for moving the visual element in a second direction, decrease the area of the first partial image in the third image and increase the area of the second partial image in the third image.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF
Publication number
US20260320866A1
Application number
19466341
Filed
Jan 31, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

G06T 11/60 Physics & computingG06T 7/0002 Physics & computingG06T 2200/24 Physics & computingG06T 2207/20081 Physics & computingG06T 2207/30168 Physics & computing
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