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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
May. 10, 2023
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lucy Yu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew Liu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Orly Liba, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A media application derives a bystander mask from an image by analyzing the image with a bystander segmentation model, wherein the image depicts a bystander and the bystander mask identifies a plurality of first pixels in the image that are associated with the bystander. The media derives a shadow mask for the bystander by analyzing the image with a shadow segmentation model, wherein the image and the bystander mask are provided as input to the shadow segmentation model, and wherein the shadow mask identifies a plurality of second pixels in the image that are associated with a shadow of the bystander. The media application modifies the image to update pixel values of the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels such that the bystander and the shadow are erased from the image.