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Replacement of a person or object in an image

US8913847B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 2010
Grant dateDec 16, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/272
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a system and a method that use a background model to determine and to segment target content from an image and replace them with different content to provide a composite image. The background model can be generated based on image data representing images of a predetermined area that does not include traversing content. The background model is compared to image data representing a set of captured images of the predetermined area. Based on the comparison, portions of an image that differs from the background model are determined as the traversing content. A target content model is used to determine the target content in the traversing content. The target content determined in the images is replaced with different content to provide a composite image.

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