Image region filling by exemplar-based inpainting

A method comprising:

• computing a fill priority for each point on a fill front of a destination region in an image, the fill priority being dependent upon a confidence factor and a strength factor;
• and
• filling a destination tile associated with a point on the fill front having the highest fill priority associated with the fill front, before filling any other point on the fill front.

A computer program product encoding a computer program for executing on a computer system a computer process, the computer process comprising:

• computing a fill priority for each point on a fill front of a destination region in an image, the fill priority being dependent upon a confidence factor and a strength factor;
• and
• filling a destination tile associated with a point on the fill front having the highest fill priority associated with the fill front, before filling any other point on the fill front.

A system comprising:

• a priority module computing a fill priority for each point on a fill front of a destination region in an image;
• a filling module filling a destination tile associated with a point on the fill front having the highest fill priority associated with the fill front;
• a destination region processing module defining a new fill front of the destination region, excluding the filled destination file, wherein the priority module further computes a fill priority for each point on the new fill front and the filling module further fills a destination tile associated with a point on the new fill front having the highest fill priority associated with the new fill front.

A system comprising:

• a priority module computing a fill priority for each point on a fill front of a destination region in an image, the fill priority being dependent upon a confidence factor and a strength factor;
• and
• a filling module filling a destination tile associated with a point on the fill front having the highest fill priority associated with the fill front, before filling any other point on the fill front.

A method comprising:

• computing a fill priority for each point in a destination region in an image, the fill priority being dependent upon a confidence factor and a strength factor;
• and
• filling a destination tile associated with a point on the fill front having the highest fill priority associated with the fill front, before filling any other point on the fill front.

A computer program product encoding a computer program for executing on a computer system a computer process, the computer process comprising:

• computing a fill priority for each point in a destination region in an image, the fill priority being dependent upon a confidence factor and a strength factor;
• and
• filling a destination tile associated with a point on the fill front having the highest fill priority associated with the fill front, before filling any other point on the fill front.