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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Motaz El-saban, Cairo, EG;
Ayman Kaheel, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mohamed Shawky, Cairo, EG;
James Kai Yu Lau, Bellevue, WA (US);
Motaz El-Saban, Cairo, EG;
Ayman Kaheel, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mohamed Shawky, Cairo, EG;
James Kai Yu Lau, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for modifying video based on user input and or face detection data received with a mobile device to generate foreground regions (e.g., to separate a user image from background in the video). According to one disclosed embodiment, a method comprises receiving user input and/or face regions generated with a mobile device, producing an initial representation for segmenting input video into a plurality of portions based on the user input, where the initial representation includes probabilities for one or more regions of the input video being designated as foreground regions or background regions. Based on the initial representation, input video is segmented by designating one or more of the regions of the input video as foreground regions or background regions.