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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Guy Michrowski, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Gal Shabtay, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Noy Cohen, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Eyal Ben-eliezer, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Guy Michrowski, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Gal Shabtay, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Noy Cohen, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Eyal Ben-Eliezer, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel-Aviv, IL;
DigitalOptics Corporation Europe Limited, Galway, IE;
Abstract
Different distances of two or more objects in a scene being captured in a video conference are determined by determining a sharpest of two or more color channels and calculating distances based on the determining of the sharpest of the two or more color channels. At least one of the objects is identified as a foreground object or a background object, or one or more of each, based on the determining of the different distances. The technique involves blurring or otherwise rendering unclear at least one background object or one or more portions of the scene other than the at least one foreground object, or combinations thereof, also based on the determining of distances.