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Digital image manipulation

US8594460B2 · kind B2 · utility

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30Claims

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Assignee

Mobile Imaging in Sweden AB · SE

Inventors

Alexander Lindskog · Santa Clara, US
Gustaf Pettersson · Lund, SE
Ulf Holmstedt · Lund, SE
Johan Windmark · Lund, SE
Sami Niemi · Malmö, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 2011
Grant date	Nov 26, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 2, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T11/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is disclosed a method for seamlessly replacing areas in a digital image with corresponding data from temporally close digital images depicting substantially the same scene. The method uses localized image registration error minimization over a fixed preliminary boundary. A least cost closed path which constitutes a boundary for the area to be replaced is calculated using dynamic programming. The replacement area is blended such that image data information from one image is seamlessly replaced with image data information from another image.

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