Aligning a result image with a source image to create a blur effect for the source image

• US 9,978,127 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2017
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Splunk Inc.
• Original Assignee: Splunk Inc.
• Inventors: Yuan, Shiming, Zhong, Qianjie, Wang, Ting, Zhang, Tianli
• Primary Examiner(s): MOTSINGER, SEAN T
• Application Number:
  US15/664,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20170330309A1
• Time in Patent Office: 295 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20012 Locally adaptive
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/70 Denoising; Smoothing

Abstract

A processing device receives input representing a selection of a first area of a source image. The processing device identifies a result image that corresponds to the source image. The result image is previously created for the source image using a blur operation. The processing device aligns the selected first area of the source image with a corresponding portion in the result image. The processing device transforms, using the corresponding portion in the result image, the aligned first area in the source image to a blurred area without blurring a remaining area of the source image.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, input representing a selection of a first area of a source image;

identifying a result image from a plurality of result images that correspond to the source image, the plurality of result images previously created for the source image using a blur operation;

aligning the selected first area of the source image with a corresponding portion in the result image; and

transforming, using the corresponding portion in the result image, the aligned first area in the source image to a blurred area without blurring a remaining area of the source image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the result image is created by:

performing a single blur operation to create the result image corresponding to a plurality of separate sub-areas, wherein performing the single blur operation to create the result image minimizes a number of blur operations being performed relative to applying a same blur filter to the plurality of separate sub-areas.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the result image is created by:

defining an area of the source image that encompasses a second selected area; and

executing a single blur operation using pixels in the defined area as input to a blur filter, the blur filter being one of a Gaussian filter, a motion filter, a box filter, a spin filter, or a zoom filter.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first selected area of the source image comprises data to be protected, the data being derived from a data store.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first selected area of the source image comprises data derived using a late binding schema.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first selected area of the source image comprise a plurality of separate areas in the source image, and the blurred area corresponds to a blurring of a single portion of the source image that contains the plurality of separate areas in the source image.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first selected area comprises an irregular shape.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving input of the first selected area of the source image comprises:

generating a dashboard image using data extracted via a late binding schema, wherein the dashboard image is generated at a particular point in time and comprises data corresponding to the particular point in time; and

receiving a selection of the data to be blurred in the dashboard image.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein transforming the aligned first area comprises:

transforming the first selected area in the source image into transparent areas in a foreground layer; and

superimposing the source image with the transparent areas on top of the result image, wherein the result image is in a background layer.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein transforming the aligned first area comprises:

transforming the result image to include a transparent area, the transparent area excluding one or more portions of the result image that correspond to the first selected area in the source image; and

superimposing the transformed result image on top of the source image.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating an edited image, the edited image comprising the first selected area replaced with the corresponding portion in the result image; and

sharing the edited image, wherein the edited image conceals data to be protected.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to blur a different selected area of the source image, wherein the different selected area comprises a sub-area that is not included in the first selected area; and

replacing the different selected area of the image with a second corresponding portion of the result image.

28. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the identified result image encompasses the first area.

13. A system comprising:

a memory to store a source image and a result image previously created for a first selected area of the source image; and

a processing device coupled with the memory to;

receive input representing a selection of a second area of the image;

identify a result image from a plurality of result images that correspond to the source image, the plurality of result images previously created for the source image using a blur operation;

align the selected second area of the source image with a corresponding portion in the result image; and

transform, using the corresponding portion in the result image, the aligned second area in the source image to a blurred area without blurring a remaining area of the source image.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the result image is created by:

determining that the first selected area comprise a plurality of separate sub-areas; and

performing a single blur operation to create the result image corresponding to the plurality of separate sub-areas, wherein performing the single blur operation to create the result image minimizes a number of blur operations being performed relative to applying a same blur filter to the plurality of separate sub-areas.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the second selected area of the source image comprises data to be protected, the data being derived from a data store.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the second selected area of the source image comprises data derived using a late binding schema.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the first selected area of the source image comprise a plurality of separate areas in the image, and the result image corresponds to a blurring of a single portion of the source image that contains the first selected area in the image.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the result image is created by:

defining an area of the source image that encompasses the first selected area; and

executing a single blur operation using pixels in the defined area as input to a blur filter, the blur filter being one of a Gaussian filter, a motion filter, a box filter, a spin filter, or a zoom filter.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein to transform the aligned second area comprises:

transforming the second selected area in the source image into a transparent area in a foreground layer; and

superimposing the source image with the transparent area on top of the result image, wherein the result image is in a background layer.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the processing device is further to:

receive a request to blur a different selected area of the source image, wherein the different selected area comprises a sub-area that is not included in the second selected area; and

replace the different selected area of the source image with a second corresponding portion of the result image.

29. The system of claim 13, wherein the processing device is further to determine that the identified result image encompasses the first area.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoding instructions thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the processing device, input representing a selection of a first area of a source image;

identifying a result image from a plurality of result images that correspond to the source image, the plurality of result images previously created for the source image using a blur operation;

aligning the selected first area of the source image with a corresponding portion in the result image; and

transforming, using the corresponding portion in the result image, the aligned first area in the source image to a blurred area without blurring a remaining area of the source image.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the result image is created by:

performing a single blur operation to create the result image corresponding to a plurality of separate sub-areas, wherein performing the single blur operation to create the result image minimizes a number of blur operations being performed relative to applying a same blur filter to the plurality of separate sub-areas.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the first selected area of the source image comprises data to be protected, the data being derived from a data store.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the first selected area of the source image comprises data derived using a late binding schema.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the result image is created by:

defining an area of the source image that encompasses a second selected area; and

executing a single blur operations using pixels in the defined area as input to a blur filter, the blur filter being one of a Gaussian filter, a motion filter, a box filter, a spin filter, or a zoom filter.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein transforming the aligned first area comprises:

transforming the first selected area in the source image into a transparent area in a foreground layer; and

superimposing the source image with the transparent area on top of the result image, wherein the result image is in a background layer.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request to blur a different selected area of the source image, wherein the different selected area comprises a sub-area that is not included in the first selected area; and

replacing the different selected area of the source image with a second corresponding portion of the result image.

30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise determining that the identified result image encompasses the first area.