Patent · US Expired

Border matting by dynamic programming

US7430339B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

28Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Carsten Rother · Cambridge, GB
Vladimir Kolmogorov · Redmond, US
Andrew Blake · Stapleford, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 9, 2004
Grant date	Sep 30, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 1, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/20041
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed to provide more efficient and improved border matting for extracted foreground images, e.g., without requiring excessive user interaction. Border matting techniques described herein generate relatively continuous transparency (or alpha values) along the boundary of the extracted object (e.g., limiting color bleeding and/or artifacts).

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