US 12,450,946 B2
Image-modification techniques
Chitranjan Jangid, Hyderabad (IN); Sandeep Sethia, Bengaluru (IN); and Ravichandra Ponaganti, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/185,981.
Prior Publication US 2024/0312251 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 5/60 (2024.01); G06T 5/77 (2024.01); G06T 7/10 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 40/197 (2022.01) [G06T 7/10 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20132 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for generating an image, the apparatus comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured to:
obtain a first image including a first subject and a second subject;
obtain a second image including the first subject and the second subject;
determine a gaze of the first subject in the first image;
maintain the first subject in the second image based on the gaze of the first subject;
obtain a depth estimate of the first subject in the first image using a depth-estimation algorithm;
obtain a depth estimate of the second subject in the first image using the depth-estimation algorithm; and
remove the second subject from the second image based on the depth estimate of the second subject being outside a depth threshold from the depth estimate of the first subject.