Replacing a background portion of an image
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorsDeviprasad Punja, Aditya Rautray
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for replacing a background portion of an image. An illustrative method includes receiving a first image, identifying a background portion of the first image and a subject portion of the first image, identifying a geographic location corresponding to the background portion of the first image, identifying a landmark associated with the geographic location of the object, retrieving a second image depicting the landmark, and generating for display a third image comprising the subject portion of the first image placed over the second image.
Claims18
A method for replacing a background portion of an image, the method comprising:
- receiving a first image;
- identifying a background portion of the first image and a subject portion of the first image;
- identifying a geographic location corresponding to the background portion of the first image;
- identifying a landmark associated with the geographic location;
- retrieving a second image depicting the landmark;
- and
- generating for display a third image comprising the subject portion of the first image placed over the second image,
- wherein generating for display the third image comprises:
- identifying an object in the background portion of the first image;
- identifying the object in the second image;
- determining a size of the subject portion of the first image relative to a size of the object in the background portion of the first image;
- determining a size of the object in the second image;
- and
- adjusting the size of the subject portion of the first image such that the size of the subject portion of the first image relative to the size of the object in the background portion of the first image and the size of the subject portion of the first image relative to the size of the object in the second image are equal.
A system for replacing a background portion of an image, the system comprising:
- control circuitry configured to:
- receive a first image;
- identify a background portion of the first image and a subject portion of the first image;
- identify a geographic location corresponding to the background portion of the first image;
- identify a landmark associated with the geographic location;
- retrieve a second image depicting the landmark;
- and
- generate for display a third image comprising the subject portion of the first image placed over the second image,
- wherein the control circuitry is configured to generate for display the third image by:
- identifying an object in the background portion of the first image;
- identifying the object in the second image;
- determining a size of the subject portion of the first image relative to the size of the object in the background portion of the first image;
- determining a size of the object in the second image;
- and
- adjusting the size of the subject portion of the first image such that the size of the subject portion of the first image relative to the size of the object in the background portion of the first image and the size of the subject portion of the first image relative to the size of the object in the second image are equal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.