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US 11,086,194 B2Granted
Camera accessory mask
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsScott Wentao Li, Robert James Kapinos, Russell Speight VanBlon, Robert James Norton, Jr.
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using a camera device, an image, wherein the image comprises at least one portion of a camera accessory attached to the camera device; identifying, using a processor, the camera accessory; and removing, based on the identification of the camera accessory, the at least one portion of the camera accessory from the image. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- capturing, using a camera device, an image, wherein the image comprises at least one portion of a camera accessory attached to the camera device;
- identifying, using a processor, the camera accessory;
- and
- removing, based on the identification of the camera accessory, the at least one portion of the camera accessory from the image, wherein the removing comprises providing a mask concealing the at least one portion of the camera accessory, wherein the mask is pre-computed based on at least one of:
- an aspect of the camera accessory and a property of the camera device.
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An information handling device, comprising:
- a camera;
- a processor;
- a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
- capture, using the camera, an image, wherein the image comprises at least one portion of a camera accessory attached to the information handling device;
- identify the camera accessory;
- and
- remove, based on the identification of the camera accessory, the at least one portion of the camera accessory from the image, wherein the removing comprises providing a mask concealing the at least one portion of the camera accessory, wherein the mask is pre-computed based on at least one of:
- an aspect of the camera accessory and a property of the camera device.
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A product, comprising:
- a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
- code that captures, using a camera device, an image, wherein the image comprises at least one portion of a camera accessory attached to the camera device;
- code that identifies the camera accessory;
- and
- code that removes, based on the identification of the camera accessory, the at least one portion of the camera accessory from the image, wherein the removing comprises providing a mask concealing the at least one portion of the camera accessory, wherein the mask is pre-computed based on at least one of:
- an aspect of the camera accessory and a property of the camera device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.