Graph Neural Networks for Smartphone Camera AI: How the Metaverse Will Impact Smartphone Photography. The applications of AI technology in smartphones are certainly in no doubt – especially for the camera which will have an enormous impact on how people use the device to take and share memories.
Image processing is one of the areas of machine learning that has seen the adoption of AI to a great extent. Currently, sophisticated AI programs are capable of analyzing video in real-time and constantly monitoring the scene to assess the optimal setting options for functions such as exposure, white balance, and Focus. This leads to sharper images with vibrant colours with almost no involvement required by the user.
For instance, the use of scene recognition wherein the different objects that make up a scene – be it a land or seascape – can be pinpointed and automatically add special effect according to the scene like portraits or foods. This means that each photo are specifically customized to highlight the subject whether the people are trained photographers or not.
Furthermore, the introduction of highly sophisticated computational photography algorithms, such as HDR and night mode, allows smartphones to photograph high-quality images even in unfavorable lighting conditions. Combining several multiple exposures or using noise reduction techniques AI is able to increase the dynamic range and reduce the noise so that the final photo taken in the hard-light conditions looks brilliant.
In addition, AI-based image processing applications enable users to create images similarly to how they take a picture employing the camera application. Auto Object Removal, Background Blur, and Auto Crop also make it easy for users to apply various manipulations to images to achieve the desired professional quality.
Besides the camera for taking pictures, AI is used for more features of smartphones: video stability and real-time video translation using augmented reality add-ons.
It is clear that AI technology will only continue to advance in smartphones camera; and as that happens more and more will become possible in mobile photography. It might not be too far-fetched to say the future of photo and video sharing on a smartphone with AI would be seamless and potentially better than what we have now.
