Patent ID: 9171374
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An image generation method, comprising: obtaining one or more readings of external conditions; determining a current status on the basis of received readings; receiving image data; generating selection data identifying one or more portions in an image as portions of an image which are to be emphasized on the basis of the determined current status; and processing received image data to generate a composite image in which the portions of said composite image corresponding to said portions to be emphasized identified by received selection data correspond to said portions of the image defined by received image data and in which other portions of said composite image correspond to the other portions of the image defined by said received image data to which a blurring function has been applied, wherein said processing received image data to generate a composite image comprises: storing function data defining a plurality of functions operable to derive composite image data from received image data in which some portions of a composite image correspond to said portions of the image defined by received image data and in which other portions of said composite image correspond to the other portions of the image defined by said data received by a receiver to which a blurring function has been applied; selecting stored function data defining a function on the basis of received selection data and generating a composite image utilizing received image data and said selected function data.