Image manipulation for videos and still images
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving an image having a first portion and one or more other portions; and
replacing the one or more other portions with one or more other image, the replacing results in an image consisting of the first portion and the one or more other image.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, an image is received having a first portion and one or more other portions. The one or more other portions are replaced with one or more other images. The replacing of the one or more portions results in an image including the first portion and the one or more other images. In an embodiment, the background of an image is replaced with another background. In an embodiment, the foreground is extracted by identifying the background based on an image of the background without any foreground. In an embodiment, the foreground is extracted by identifying portions of the image that have characteristics that are expected to be associated with the background and characteristics that are expected to be associated with foreground. In an embodiment any of the images can be still images. In an embodiment, any of the images are video images.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an image having a first portion and one or more other portions; and replacing the one or more other portions with one or more other image, the replacing results in an image consisting of the first portion and the one or more other image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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extracting one or more image elements from a first image; retrieving one or more image elements from another source; combining the one or more image elements from the first image and the one or more image elements from the other source to form a new image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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determining whether a pixel is part of a foreground portion of an image, the determining of whether the pixel is part of the foreground being based on a current frame; determining whether the pixel is part of a current background portion of the image, the determining of whether the pixel is part of the current background being based on the current frame; and extracting an image of the foreground that does not include the current background based on the determining of whether the pixel is part of the foreground and based on the determining of whether the pixel is part of the background. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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