METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ONLINE CARTOON OUTPUTS

• US 20090219298A1
• Filed: 02/13/2009
• Published: 09/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BeFunky, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Befun Bilgi Technolojileri A.S.
• Inventors: Tatar, Abdi Tekin, Ozkanoglu, Mehmet, Birdal, Tolga
• Granted Patent: US 8,629,883 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/594
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/02 Non-photorealistic rendering

Abstract

A method and system for generating a cartoon are provided. The method includes receiving a digital image for processing at a server. The method includes executing a color structure coding procedure to produce a color-reduced interim image. The method includes generating a sketch from the digital image with a Difference of Gaussian procedure. The method includes combining the color-reduced interim image and the sketch into a processed cartoon.

Claims

1. A method for generating a cartoon, comprising:

receiving a digital image for processing at a server;

executing a color structure coding procedure to produce a color-reduced interim image;

generating a sketch from the digital image with a Difference of Gaussian procedure;

combining the color-reduced interim image and the sketch into a processed cartoon.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting the processed cartoon to an accessible memory.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the server is in communications with a user over a network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the digital image is received from at least one of:

a user upload and a user-specified URL address.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the color-reduced interim image is produced by segmenting sub-images based on a pre-specified threshold.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the sketch is further filtered with connectivity and blob filtering before combination.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the sketch is further filtered by emphasizing high frequency areas before being combination.

8. A server for generating a cartoon, comprising:

a processor, the processor configured to

receive a digital image for processing at a server,

execute a color structure coding procedure to produce a color-reduced interim image,

generate a sketch from the digital image with a Difference of Gaussian procedure,

combine the color-reduced interim image and the sketch into a processed cartoon.

9. The server of claim 8, the processor further configured to

output the processed cartoon to an accessible memory.

10. The server of claim 8, wherein the server is in communications with a user over a network.

11. The server of claim 10, wherein the digital image is received from at least one of:

a user upload and a user-specified URL address.

12. The server of claim 8, wherein the color-reduced interim image is produced by segmenting sub-images based on a pre-specified threshold.

13. The server of claim 8, wherein the sketch is further filtered with connectivity and blob filtering before combination.

14. The server of claim 13, wherein the sketch is further filtered by emphasizing high frequency areas before being combination.

15. A computer-readable storage medium including instructions adapted to execute a method for generating a cartoon, the method comprising:

establishing a user profile, wherein the user profile includes basic information fields and supplemental information fields;

receiving a digital image for processing at a server;

executing a color structure coding procedure to produce a color-reduced interim image;

generating a sketch from the digital image with a Difference of Gaussian procedure;

combining the color-reduced interim image and the sketch into a processed cartoon.

16. The medium of claim 15, the method further comprising:

outputting the processed cartoon to an accessible memory.

17. The medium of claim 15, wherein the server is in communications with a user over a network.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the digital image is received from at least one of:

a user upload and a user-specified URL address.

19. The medium of claim 15, wherein the color-reduced interim image is produced by segmenting sub-images based on a pre-specified threshold.

20. The medium of claim 15, wherein the sketch is further filtered with connectivity and blob filtering and by emphasizing high frequency areas before combination.

21. A method for generating a cartoon at a server, comprising:

responsive to receiving a digital image for processing, loading the digital image into accessible memory;

receiving a set of user-specified parameters via a GUI provided over a network;

executing a color structure coding procedure with the set of user-specified parameters to produce a color-reduced interim image;

executing a Difference of Gaussian procedure with the set of user-specified parameters to produce a sketch;

combining the color-reduced interim image and the sketch into a processed cartoon;

providing the processed cartoon to the user.