Patent ID: 8724919

Claim:
A method for adjusting the sharpness of a digital image, the method being implemented at least in part by a data processing system, comprising: receiving an input digital image; applying an image segmentation process to segment the input digital image into a subject region and a background region; automatically analyzing the subject region to determine a subject sharpness level and automatically analyzing the background region to determine a background sharpness level; defining an aim subject sharpness level for the subject region and an aim background sharpness level for the background region; processing the input digital image to form an enhanced digital image wherein the sharpness of the subject region is adjusted responsive to the subject sharpness level and the aim subject sharpness level, and the sharpness of the background region is adjusted responsive to the background sharpness level and the aim background sharpness level; and storing the enhanced digital image in a processor-accessible memory.