SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR CREATING MULTIPLE LAYERS FROM AN IMAGE

• US 20150010234A1
• Filed: 07/02/2014
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyran Daisy
• Original Assignee: Kyran Daisy
• Inventors: Daisy, Kyran
• Granted Patent: US 9,262,854 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/167
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/205 Image-based rendering
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10024 Color image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/14 Transformations for image registration, e.g. adjusting or mapping for alignment of images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/94 based on local image properties, e.g. for local contrast enhancement
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/50 Depth or shape recovery

Abstract

A method for creating a plurality of layer images from an input image is provided. The method includes analyzing an input image for color content to detect at least one dominant color in the image and for shape recognition to detect at least one object in the image. The method also includes generating a concentric grid for the input image based on the color content analysis and the shape recognition for a depth calculation of the input image. The concentric grid includes a center point, a plurality of lines that radiate from the center point, and a plurality of concentric circles that expand at a spatial distance in the input image. The concentric circles divide the input image into a plurality of sections, each of which represents an equal spatial depth. The method further includes generating a plurality of layer images using at least two of the plurality of sections.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for editing a plurality of layer images of an input image, the method comprising:

displaying a photo editing interface to allow a user to apply at least one edit to at least one of the plurality of layer images;

wherein the at least one editing function includes an alignment feature that would allow the user to select objects on multiple layers and line them up accurately along a designated line by letting the user select and highlight objects and then draw a line to align them along.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the at least one editing function includes a gradient sizing feature allows the user to align objects on multiple layers along a designated line drawn by the user and puts the objects in perspective along that line by resizing the objects in a gradual degree to match the sizing designated by a secondary line that is drawn in relation to the first.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the at least one editing function includes a grouping feature to allow the user to group or merge layers with the ability to ungroup them, in part or completely, to return them to individual layers again.

4. The grouping feature according to claim 3, wherein the at least one editing function includes the ability to copy the grouped or merged layers within the same file or to other files with the ability to ungroup and return them to individual layers and where copying the grouped layers would not flatten the image and would retain the history data.

5. The grouping feature, according to claim 4, wherein the method further comprises the transfer of edit history data with the layers as a group, merged, or as individual layers when copied to allow them to be reconstituted as individual layers with the ability to access their edit history.

6. The history data, according to claim 4, wherein the method further comprises the allocation of edit history data to each of the individual layers and the ability to access the layers individual edit history independently, to apply or undo edits, without affecting the history of other layers within the image.

7. The history data, according to claim 4, wherein the method further comprises the ability to select and remove multiple edits from the edit history with specification to object, layer, and whether to be globally or locally applied.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the at least one editing function includes a divider feature that allows the user to divide and manipulate objects within one layer and keeps them in that one layer without altering the unaffected objects.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the at least one editing function would allow the user to move objects independently after selected within one layer.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the at least one editing function includes a selection feature that allows the user to select objects in multiple layers and move or apply edits to those selected objects independently in their respective layers without altering unselected objects within those layers and allows the user to select multiple layers to move or apply edits to in their entirety.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the at least one editing function includes a feature to add color to a selected object within an image based on the gradations of color and shadows within the object.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the at least one editing function includes a neon pen feature.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein at least one editing function includes applying effects across multiple layers in perspective in the context of the image as a whole.

11. The method of presenting the layers by printing the multiple layers on translucent or transparent media and presenting the printed layers with the perception of depth by separating them with material (e.g. glass panes or similar medium) or by spacing the printed media and housing the layers in shadowboxes or frames.