Method and apparatus for creating a composite image
First Claim
1. A computing platform arranged to render an integrated two dimensional image constituted of a computer generated three dimensional scene and a two dimensional base image the computing platform comprising a computing device, a memory, a monitor, and a user input device, the computer being arranged to:
- provide the two dimensional base image;
display said two dimensional base image on said monitor;
provide the computer generated three dimensional scene;
determine the camera calibration of said displayed two dimensional base image;
render said provided computer generated three dimensional scene on said monitor responsive to said determined camera calibration of said displayed two dimensional base image as an overlay over said displayed two dimensional base image;
additionally display the two dimensional base image in the foreground of said rendered three dimensional scene at a predetermined transparency;
identify elements, via said user input device, from said additionally displayed two dimensional base image to appear in the foreground of the integrated image, wherein said identified elements are a subset of the total displayed elements of said additionally displayed two dimensional base image;
display said identified elements of said additionally displayed two dimensional base image without transparency on said monitor; and
remove all unidentified elements of said additionally displayed two dimensional base image thereby rendering said integrated two dimensional image on said monitor as a combination of said displayed two dimensional base image overlaid by said rendered three dimensional scene with said identified elements of said additionally displayed two dimensional base image displayed without transparency in the foreground.
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Abstract
A method of rendering a computer generated 3D scene integrated with a base image, the method comprising loading a base image, such as a photograph, and a computer generated 3D scene or model. The base image is displayed on a monitor, and in one embodiment the calibration of the camera which generated the base image is determined. The 3D model is rendered as an overlay of the base image responsive thereto. In another embodiment, the camera calibration of the 3D scene is made consonant with the base image by selecting corresponding points. The base image is then additionally displayed at a predetermined transparency as an overlay of the 3D model. A user then selects pixels of the base image overlay for placement in the foreground. The selected pixels are then displayed without transparency and the balance of the base image overlay removed rendering the integrated image.
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13 Claims
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1. A computing platform arranged to render an integrated two dimensional image constituted of a computer generated three dimensional scene and a two dimensional base image the computing platform comprising a computing device, a memory, a monitor, and a user input device, the computer being arranged to:
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provide the two dimensional base image; display said two dimensional base image on said monitor; provide the computer generated three dimensional scene; determine the camera calibration of said displayed two dimensional base image; render said provided computer generated three dimensional scene on said monitor responsive to said determined camera calibration of said displayed two dimensional base image as an overlay over said displayed two dimensional base image; additionally display the two dimensional base image in the foreground of said rendered three dimensional scene at a predetermined transparency; identify elements, via said user input device, from said additionally displayed two dimensional base image to appear in the foreground of the integrated image, wherein said identified elements are a subset of the total displayed elements of said additionally displayed two dimensional base image; display said identified elements of said additionally displayed two dimensional base image without transparency on said monitor; and remove all unidentified elements of said additionally displayed two dimensional base image thereby rendering said integrated two dimensional image on said monitor as a combination of said displayed two dimensional base image overlaid by said rendered three dimensional scene with said identified elements of said additionally displayed two dimensional base image displayed without transparency in the foreground. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computing device to perform a method of rendering an integrated two dimensional image constituted of a computer generated three dimensional scene and a two dimensional base image, the method comprising:
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providing the two dimensional base image; displaying said two dimensional base image; providing the computer generated three dimensional scene; determining the camera calibration of said displayed two dimensional base image; rendering said provided computer generated three dimensional scene responsive to said determined camera calibration of said displayed two dimensional base image as an overlay over said displayed two dimensional base image; displaying said two dimensional base image additionally in the foreground of said rendered three dimensional scene at a predetermined transparency; identifying elements from said additionally displayed two dimensional base image to appear in the foreground of the integrated two dimensional image, wherein said identified elements are a subset of the total displayed elements of said additionally displayed two dimensional base image; displaying said identified elements of said additionally displayed two dimensional base image without transparency; and removing all unidentified elements of said additionally displayed two dimensional base image thereby rendering said integrated two dimensional image as a combination of said displayed two dimensional base image overlaid by said rendered three dimensional scene with said identified elements of said additionally displayed two dimensional base image displayed without transparency in the foreground. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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