Samsung patents AI tool to move objects in photos and fill gaps
The filing describes a method for editing photos on a device by cutting out an object and moving it to a new spot. An AI model then analyzes the empty space left behind and generates new background pixels to fill the gap seamlessly.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, at least one processor including processing circuitry, and memory including 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 display a first image on the display via a user interface, obtain a second image by cropping a portion of the first image corresponding to an object and moving the cropped portion from a first position to a second position with respect to the first image through the user interface, obtain mask information indicating at least one area in the second image to be modified by inpainting based on the first position of the cropped portion and the second position of the cropped portion, apply the second image and the mask information to an artificial intelligence (AI) model, obtain a third image generated based on the second image and the mask information by the AI model, and display the third image on the display.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device comprising: a display; at least one processor including processing circuitry; and memory including 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: display a first image through a user interface on the display, obtain a second image by cropping a portion of the first image corresponding to an object and moving the cropped portion from a first position to a second position with respect to the first image through the user interface, obtain mask information indicating at least one area of the second image to be modified by inpainting based on the first position of the cropped portion and the second position of the cropped portion, apply the second image and the mask information to an artificial intelligence (AI) model, obtain a third image generated based on the second image and the mask information by the AI model, and display the third image on the display.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
- Publication number
- US20260330726A1
- Application number
- 19725471
- Filed
- Jun 30, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 11/60 Physics & computingG06F 3/04845 Physics & computingG06T 7/11 Physics & computingG06T 7/50 Physics & computingG06T 2200/24 Physics & computingG06T 2207/20132 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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