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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Dong-qing Zhang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Ana Belen Benitez, Brooklyn, NY (US);
James Arthur Fancher, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Dong-Qing Zhang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Ana Belen Benitez, Brooklyn, NY (US);
James Arthur Fancher, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A system and method for recovering three-dimensional (3D) particle systems from two-dimensional (2D) images are provided. The system and method of the present invention provide for identifying a fuzzy object in a two-dimensional (2D) image; selecting a particle system from a plurality of predetermined particle systems, the selected particle system relating to a predefined fuzzy object; generating at least one particle of the selected particle system; simulating the at least one particle to update states of the at least one particle; rendering the selected particle system; comparing the rendered particle system to the identified fuzzy object in the 2D image; and storing the selected particle system if the comparison result is within an acceptable threshold, wherein the stored particle system represents the recovered geometry of the fuzzy object.