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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Steven David Webster, Scotland Island, AU;
Dmitri Katchalov, Neutral Bay, AU;
Quang Tuan Pham, North Ryde, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of producing an image with a blurred background () from an initial image () and a depth map () identifying a foreground region () and a background region () of the image, said method comprising determining () an edge visibility measure () for one edge () in the depth map () by comparing () a pixel value () in the foreground with a pixel value () in the background, said edge visibility measure () distinguishing between the foreground () and the background (); applying () a spatially variable blur to the depth map () to produce a compositing matte (), dependent on the edge visibility measure (); applying () a blur to the background region () of the depth map (); and compositing () the blurred background image data () with the initial image () to produce the rendered image with the blurred background ().