Performance relighting and reflectance transformation with time-multiplexed illumination
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a lighting apparatus including a plurality of light sources, each positioned at different locations relative to each other, each configured to illuminate a subject from a different direction relative to each other, the plurality of light sources configured to provide one or more illumination bases;
wherein the lighting apparatus is configured to sequentially illuminate a subject with a time-multiplexed series of lighting conditions while the subject is undergoing a motion during a time period;
an imaging system configured to generate image data representative of a sequence of frames of the moving subject, each one of the frames showing the subject illuminated with a respective one of the lighting conditions;
a processing system configured to process the image data to generate re-illuminated data representative of the subject, undergoing the motion, re-illuminated under novel illumination conditions, subsequent to the time period; and
a controller configured to drive the plurality of light sources synchronously with the imaging system and in accordance with a desired illumination basis pattern, so as to generate the time-multiplexed series of lighting conditions;
wherein the controller is further configured to drive the imaging system so as to include within the sequence of frames a time-multiplexed matte frame, at desired intervals within a succession of basis frames, so as to allow the subject'"'"'s motion to be composited over a new background subsequent to the time period.
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Abstract
A lighting apparatus may be configured to illuminate a subject while the subject is undergoing a motion during a time period. An imaging system may be configured to generate image data representative of a sequence of frames of the moving subject. A controller may be configured to drive the lighting apparatus and the imaging system so that the lighting apparatus sequentially illuminates the moving subject with a time-multiplexed series of lighting conditions, and so that each one of the frames shows the subject illuminated with a respective one of the lighting conditions. The controller may be further configured to process the image data to generate re-illumination data representative of novel illumination conditions under which the subject can be re-illuminated, subsequent to the time period.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a lighting apparatus including a plurality of light sources, each positioned at different locations relative to each other, each configured to illuminate a subject from a different direction relative to each other, the plurality of light sources configured to provide one or more illumination bases; wherein the lighting apparatus is configured to sequentially illuminate a subject with a time-multiplexed series of lighting conditions while the subject is undergoing a motion during a time period; an imaging system configured to generate image data representative of a sequence of frames of the moving subject, each one of the frames showing the subject illuminated with a respective one of the lighting conditions; a processing system configured to process the image data to generate re-illuminated data representative of the subject, undergoing the motion, re-illuminated under novel illumination conditions, subsequent to the time period; and a controller configured to drive the plurality of light sources synchronously with the imaging system and in accordance with a desired illumination basis pattern, so as to generate the time-multiplexed series of lighting conditions; wherein the controller is further configured to drive the imaging system so as to include within the sequence of frames a time-multiplexed matte frame, at desired intervals within a succession of basis frames, so as to allow the subject'"'"'s motion to be composited over a new background subsequent to the time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a lighting apparatus including a plurality of light sources, each positioned at different locations relative to each other, each configured to illuminate a subject from a different direction relative to each other, the plurality of light sources configured to provide one or more illumination bases;
wherein the lighting apparatus is configured to illuminate a subject with a time-multiplexed series of lighting conditions while the subject is undergoing a motion during a time period;a matting background positionable behind the subject and configured to be illuminated so as to yield, when imaged, an image of the subject against the illuminated background; a video camera configured to generate image data representative of a sequence of frames of the subject undergoing the motion, and further configured to generate matte image data representative of time-multiplexed matte frames; a controller configured to drive the plurality of light sources synchronously with the imaging system and in accordance with a desired illumination basis pattern, so as to generate the time-multiplexed series of lighting conditions; and a processing system configured to process the matte image data so as to composite the motion of the subject into a new background.
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a lighting apparatus including a plurality of light sources, each positioned at different locations relative to each other, each configured to illuminate a subject from a different direction relative to each other, the plurality of light sources configured to provide one or more illumination bases;
wherein the lighting apparatus is configured to sequentially illuminate a subject with a time-multiplexed series of lighting conditions while the subject is undergoing a motion during a time period;a plurality of imaging systems, each of the imaging systems configured to substantially simultaneously generate from a corresponding plurality of viewpoints image data representative of a sequence of frames of the moving subject, each of the frames showing the subject illuminated with a respective one of the lighting conditions; a controller configured to drive the plurality of light sources synchronously with one or more of the imaging systems and in accordance with a desired illumination basis pattern, so as to generate the time-multiplexed series of lighting conditions; and a processing system configured to process the image data to generate re-illumination data representative of novel illumination conditions under which the subject, undergoing the motion, can be re-illuminated, from one or more of the plurality of viewpoints, subsequent to the time period.
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