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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Ryan Geiss, Mountain View, CA (US);
Samuel William Hasinoff, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A base m×n tile, X, of a base image of a scene, and an alternate m×n tile, Y, of an alternate image of the scene may be obtained. An m×n blend map, B, for X and Y may also be obtained. B(i,j) may take on a first value to refer to X(i,j), or a second value to refer to Y(i,j). An m×n conflict map, C, for X and Y may further be obtained. C(i,j) may take on a third value where X(i,j) and Y(i,j) are within a threshold value of one another, or a fourth value where X(i,j) and Y(i,j) are not within the threshold value of one another. Based on B and C, the pixel values of X and Y may be merged to form an m×n tile Z.