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Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2007
Applicants:

Hanspeter Pfister, Arlington, MA (US);

Wojciech Matusik, Lexington, MA (US);

Kalyan Sunkavalli, Cambridge, MA (US);

Szymon M. Rusinkiewicz, Princeton, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Hanspeter Pfister, Arlington, MA (US);

Wojciech Matusik, Lexington, MA (US);

Kalyan Sunkavalli, Cambridge, MA (US);

Szymon M. Rusinkiewicz, Princeton, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method factorizing a sequence of images acquired of a scene into lighting components. The scene is illuminated by a moving light source. An appearance profile is constructed for each pixel in the sequence of images. The appearance profile is a vector representing intensities of the pixel at instances in time. The appearance profiles are factorized into a shadow component, a skylight component, and a sunlight component.


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