Variable blend width compositing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9311901
APP PUB NO 20150002545A1
SERIAL NO

14317492

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A method of producing an image with a blurred background (151) from an initial image (111) and a depth map (112) identifying a foreground region (236) and a background region (237) of the image, said method comprising determining (670) an edge visibility measure (671) for one edge (231) in the depth map (112) by comparing (820) a pixel value (233) in the foreground with a pixel value (234) in the background, said edge visibility measure (671) distinguishing between the foreground (236) and the background (237); applying (680) a spatially variable blur to the depth map (112) to produce a compositing matte (681), dependent on the edge visibility measure (671); applying (530) a blur to the background region (521) of the depth map (112); and compositing (150) the blurred background image data (531) with the initial image (111) to produce the rendered image with the blurred background (151).

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Katchalov, Dmitri Neutral Bay, AU 5 86
Pham, Quang Tuan North Ryde, AU 13 157
Webster, Steven David Scotland Island, AU 7 368

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