US 12,079,912 B2
Enhancing images in text documents
Atul Mene, Morrisville, NC (US); Martin G. Keen, Cary, NC (US); Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN); and Tushar Agrawal, West Fargo, ND (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/054,162.
Prior Publication US 2024/0161365 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 40/20 (2020.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 11/60 (2013.01) [G06F 40/20 (2020.01); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 5/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying, in a document, an image placed at a location within the document and a set of text proximate the location of the image;
determining, by natural language processing, a meaning of the set of text;
determining a usage context for the image based on the meaning of the set of text, the usage context being a purpose for placing the image at the location within the document;
identifying a set of features in the image;
selecting, from the set of features, a sub-set of features as being related to the usage context; and
determining an enhancement action that emphasizes the selected sub-set of features over remaining features in the set of features.