Patent Document ID: 9478054
Application ID: 14076199
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first image and a second image; determining one or more attributes of the first image and the second image, wherein the one or more attributes include at least one of the following attributes: an image type, image size, a face content, a body content, a texture, a lighting characteristic, a color characteristic, and a border characteristic; and selecting one or more of a gradient domain blending technique, an alpha blending technique, and a tone mapping technique to combine the first image and the second image based on the one or more attributes, wherein selection of an alpha blending technique is based on at least one of the following first conditions: at least one of the first image and the second image includes a cartoon, a complex boundary of at least one of the first image and the second image, time available, and memory available, and selection of at least one of a gradient domain blending technique and a tone mapping technique is based on at least one of the following second conditions: at least one of the first image and the second image includes a body or a face, the first image has color characteristics similar to color characteristics of the second image, the first image has lighting that is different than lighting of the second image, a smooth boundary of the first image and the second image, differences between a foreground and a background of the first image or the second image, a large size of at least one of the first image and the second image, and the first image has a texture that is different than a texture of the second image.