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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pedro Manuel Da Silva Quelhas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stefan Auer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/4038 (2013.01); G06T 3/4053 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one implementation, a method includes obtaining, for a particular pixel of an image, a real pixel value and a virtual pixel value. The method includes obtaining, for the particular pixel of the image, a first alpha and a second alpha. The method includes generating, for the particular pixel of the image, a combined pixel value as a weighted average of the real pixel value and the virtual pixel value, the weighting being based on at least one of the first alpha and the second alpha.