Interactive image resizing based on gradient intensity and color saliency

Hironori Takimoto, Yasue Mitsukura, Hitoshi Yamauchi, Mitsuru Jindai, Akihiro Kanagawa

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose the novel interactive seam carving based on the importance map which is made by reflecting an intention of a user. First, a user provides only some foreground pixels as seeds for importance objects. Second, target object which the user aimed at is searched by the weighted histogram intersection based on gradient intensity and color. An importance map is defined based on gradient and color saliencies which were calculated from the obtained rectangle. At last, the optimal seam is searched and removed by using the dynamic programming. From resizing results using our seam carving, shape of target objects which the user intended at was preserved precisely. Also, unlike gradient maps, which may have to be recomputed several times during a seam carving based retargeting operation, our importance map is computed only once.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 Proceedings of SICE Annual Conference, SICE 2012
PublisherSociety of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)
Pages1915-1919
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781467322591
Publication statusPublished - 2012 Jan 1
Event2012 51st Annual Conference on of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan, SICE 2012 - Akita, Japan
Duration: 2012 Aug 202012 Aug 23

Publication series

NameProceedings of the SICE Annual Conference

Other

Other2012 51st Annual Conference on of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan, SICE 2012
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityAkita
Period12/8/2012/8/23

Keywords

  • Image processing
  • image retargeting
  • saliency map
  • seam carving

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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