Google Inc.

Jason Lawrence

Andrew Gerrit Huibers

Steven Maxwell Seitz

Andrew Ian Russell

Andrew Gerritt Huibers

Daniel Goldman

Supreeth Achar

Zhihao Xia

An imaging system includes a processor, a memory, a visible light camera configured to record a first image of a scene, and an infrared camera configured to record a second image of the scene. The processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to input the first image and the second image into a neural network. The neural network relights the first image, based on characteristics of the second image, to correspond to an image of the scene under canonical illumination conditions.

Infrared light-guided portrait relighting

Techniques of estimating surface normals and reflectance from poorly-lit images includes using, in addition to an RGB image of a subject of a set of subjects, an image illuminated with near-infrared (NIR) radiation to determine albedo and surface normal maps for performing an image relighting, the image being captured with the NIR radiation from essentially the same perspective from which the RGB image was captured. In some implementations, a prediction engine takes as input a single RGB image and a single NIR image and estimates surface normals and reflectance from the subject.

Dark flash normal camera

An example telepresence terminal includes a display, an image sensor, an infrared emitter, and an infrared depth sensor. The terminal may determine image data using visible light emitted by the infrared emitter and captured by the image sensor and determine depth data using infrared light captured by the infrared depth sensor. The terminal may also communicate the depth data and the image data to a remote telepresence terminal and receive remote image data and remote depth data. The terminal may also generate a first display image using the lenticular display based on the remote image data that is viewable from a first viewing location and generate a second display image using the lenticular display based on the remote image data and the remote depth data that is viewable from a second viewing location.

Three-dimensional telepresence system

An example telepresence terminal includes a lenticular display, an image sensor, an infrared emitter, and an infrared depth sensor. The terminal may determine image data using visible light emitted by the infrared emitter and captured by the image sensor and determine depth data using infrared light captured by the infrared depth sensor. The terminal may also communicate the depth data and the image data to a remote telepresence terminal and receive remote image data and remote depth data. The terminal may also generate a first display image using the lenticular display based on the remote image data that is viewable from a first viewing location and generate a second display image using the lenticular display based on the remote image data and the remote depth data that is viewable from a second viewing location.

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