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US 2004/0165788 A1Published application
Image blending by guided interpolation
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsPatrick Perez, Michel Gangnet, Andrew Blake
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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsPatrick Perez, Michel Gangnet, Andrew Blake
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A blended result image is computed using guided interpolation to alter image data within a destination domain. The destination domain may be altered based on a guided interpolator that is either dependent or not dependent upon a source image. When blending a source region into a destination region of an image, guided interpolation eliminates or minimizes apparent seams between the inserted region and the rest of the image. A variety of interpolation guides may be used to yield different effects in the blended results image. Such interpolation guides may include without limitation an identity guide, a smooth guide, a filtering guide, a transparent guide, a masking guide, and a weighted average combination of various guides.
A method of computing a blended result image from a destination image, the method comprising:
A computer program product encoding a computer program for executing on a computer system a computer process for computing a blended result image from a destination image, the computer process comprising:
A system for computing a blended result image from a destination image, the system comprising:
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