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Scene recognition methods for virtual insertions

US8599317B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 2010
Grant dateDec 3, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04H60/66
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of adding a virtual insertion to an image, according to an embodiment, includes extracting dynamic features from an input image, associating the dynamic extracted features with dynamic reference features in a reference feature database, generating a camera model based on the associations, mixing a virtual insertion into the input image based on the camera model, and outputting an image containing both the input image and the virtual insertion. According to another embodiment, a method of adding a virtual insertion to an image includes generating a biased camera model using a statistically selected subset of a plurality of non-fixed regions of the image, locating fixed reference objects in the image using the biased camera model as an entry point for a search, generating a corrected camera model using the fixed reference objects in the image, and adding a virtual insertion to the image using the corrected camera model.

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