Boundary-aware object removal and content fill
US10825148B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20221
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods for removing objects from images are disclosed. An image processing application identifies a boundary of each object of a set of objects in an image. In some cases, the identification uses deep learning. The image processing application identifies a completed boundary for each object of the set of objects by providing the object to a trained model. The image processing application determines a set of masks. Each mask corresponds to an object of the set of objects and represents a region of the image defined by an intersection of the boundary of the object and the boundary of a target object to be removed from the image. The image processing application updates each mask by separately performing content filling on the corresponding region. The image processing application creates an output image by merging each of the updated masks with portions of the image.
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