Method, apparatus, and computer program for processing image
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsDaichi Sasaki, Osamu Watanabe, Teruyuki Nakahashi, Ryo Kawamura
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus for generating a three-dimensional model of a three-dimensional object from an image displaying the object in two dimensions includes a three-dimensional model generator operable to generate the three-dimensional model of the object from the image, and an extender operable to extend a lateral region of the three-dimensional model in a depth direction orthogonal to the two dimensions.
Claims23
An image processing apparatus for generating a three-dimensional model of a three-dimensional object from an image displaying the object in two dimensions, the image processing apparatus comprising:
- three-dimensional model generating means for generating the three-dimensional model of the object from the image;
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- extending means for extending a lateral region of the three-dimensional model in a depth direction orthogonal to the two dimensions.
An image processing method of generating a three-dimensional model of a three-dimensional object from an image displaying the object in two dimensions, the image processing method comprising:
- generating the three-dimensional model of the object from the image;
- and
- extending a lateralregion of the three-dimensional model in a depth direction orthogonal to the two dimensions.
A recording medium recorded with a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method of generating a three-dimensional model of a three-dimensional object from an image displaying the object in two dimensions, the method comprising:
- generating the three-dimensional model of the object from the image;
- and
- extending a lateral region of the three-dimensional model in a depth direction orthogonal to the two dimensions.
An image processing apparatus for generating a model of a face as a three-dimensional model from an image displaying the face in two dimensions, the image processing apparatus comprising:
- three-dimensional model generating means for generating the model of the face as the three-dimensional model from the image;
- mapping means for mapping a previously prepared hair model to the image;
- non-hair portion detecting means for detecting a portion of the image having no hair;
- Z value modifying means for modifying a Z value representing the position in a depth direction orthogonal to the two dimensions of a region mapped to the non-hair portion of the hair model mapped to the image;
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- synthesizing means for synthesizing the hair model having the modified Z value with the model of the face.
An image processing method of generating a model of a face as a three-dimensional model from an image displaying the face in two dimensions, the image processing method comprising:
- generating the model of the face as the three-dimensional model from the image;
- mapping a previously prepared hair model to the image;
- detecting a portion of the image having no hair;
- modifying a Z value representing the position in a depth direction orthogonal to the two dimensions of a region mapped to the non-hair portion of the hair model mapped to the image;
- and
- synthesizing the hair model having the modified Z value with the model of the face.
A recording medium recorded with a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method of generating a model of a face as a three-dimensional model from an image displaying the face in two dimensions, the method comprising:
- generating the model of the face as the three-dimensional model from the image;
- mapping a previously prepared hair model to the image;
- detecting a portion of the image having no hair;
- modifying a Z value representing the position in a depth direction orthogonal to the two dimensions of a region mapped to the non-hair portion of the hair model mapped to the image;
- and
- synthesizing the hair model having the modified Z value with the model of the face.
An image processing apparatus for determining a feature point of a three-dimensional face from an image displaying the face in two dimensions, the image processing apparatus comprising:
- first fitting means which fits a position and a size of a template of a predetermined region of the face to the face displayed in the image;
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- second fitting means for fitting a shape of the template to the face displayed in the image and for determining a feature point of the predetermined region of the face from the template having the position and the size fitted to the face displayed in the image by changing the shape of the template within a range of shapes of the predetermined region, with a plurality of parameters defining the shape of the template being based on at least one parameter of a number smaller than the number of the plurality of parameters.
An image processing method of determining a feature point of a three-dimensional face from an image displaying the face in two dimensions, the image processing method comprising:
- fitting a position and a size of a template of a predetermined region of the face to the face displayed in the image;
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- fitting a shape of the template to the face displayed in the image and determining a feature point of the predetermined region of the face from the template having the position and the size fitted to the face displayed in the image by changing the shape of the template within a range of shapes of the predetermined region, with a plurality of parameters defining the shape of the template being modified based on at least one parameter of a number smaller than the number of the plurality of parameters.
A recoding medium recorded with a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method of determining a feature point of a three-dimensional face from an image displaying the face in two dimensions, the method comprising:
- fitting a position and a size of a template of a predetermined region of the face to the face displayed in the image;
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- fitting a shape of the template to the face displayed in the image and determining a feature point of the predetermined region of the face from the template having the position and the size fitted to the face displayed in the image by changing the shape of the template within a range of shapes of the predetermined region, with a plurality of parameters defining the shape of the template being modified based on at least one parameter of a number smaller than the number of the plurality of parameters.
An image processing apparatus for generating a three-dimensional model of a three-dimensional object from an image displaying the object in two dimensions, the image processing apparatus comprising:
- a three-dimensional model generator operable to generate the three-dimensional model of the object from the image;
- and
- an extender operable to extend a lateral region of the three-dimensional model in a depth direction orthogonal to the two dimensions.
An image processing apparatus for generating a model of a face as a three-dimensional model from an image displaying the face in two dimensions, the image processing apparatus comprising:
- a three-dimensional model generator operable to generate the model of the face as the three-dimensional model from the image;
- a mapping unit operable to map a previously prepared hair model to the image;
- a non-hair portion detecting unit operable to detect a portion of the image having no hair;
- a Z value modifying unit operable to modify a Z value representing the position in a depth direction orthogonal to the two dimensions of a region mapped to the non-hair portion of the hair model mapped to the image;
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- a synthesizing unit operable to synthesize the hair model having the modified Z value with the model of the face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.