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Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2017
Applicant:

Metail Limited, London, GB;

Inventor:

Duncan Paul Robertson, Surrey, GB;

Assignee:

METAIL LIMITED, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/194 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/194 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2210/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Images of foreground objects in a scene are generated by causing electromagnetic radiation to be emitted having a first spectral power distribution from a surface of a first foreground object, which is adjacent or at least partially obscured by a second foreground object. A first image of both of the first and second foreground objects is acquired while the first foreground object emits electromagnetic radiation with the first spectral power distribution. A second image of the first and second foreground objects is acquired while the first foreground object is not emitting electromagnetic radiation or is emitting electromagnetic radiation with a second spectral power distribution which is different to the first spectral power distribution. An alpha matte of the first and second foreground objects is generated based on a comparison of the first image and second image.


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