Patent Document ID: 9881202
Application ID: 14273399
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying a plurality of important objects in an image, wherein the plurality of important objects are determined to individually have an importance measurement satisfying a predetermined threshold indicating importance to a viewer of the image; determining outermost objects of the plurality of important objects; determining a distance between the outermost objects; determining a level of suitability of applying a visual border effect to the image based on the plurality of important objects and the distance between the outermost objects; determining a centering location in the image to position the visual border effect based on determining an average center from the respective centers of each of the plurality of important objects; determining a strength of the visual border effect and a radius in the image for below a minimum threshold effect; and applying the visual border effect to the image extending to or near borders of the image, according to the level of suitability, the strength, the centering location, and the radius.