Image region filling by example-based tiling
US7088870B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T11/001
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An example-based filling system identifies appropriate filling material to replace a destination region in an image and fills the destination region using this material, thereby alleviating or minimizing the amount of manual editing required to fill a destination region in image. Tiles of image data are borrowed from the proximity of the destination region or some other source to generate new image data to fill in the region. Destination regions may be designated by user input (e.g., selection of an image region by a user) or by other means (e.g., specification of a color or feature to be replaced).
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