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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited, London, GB;
Inventors:
Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, London, GB;
Simon Mark Benson, London, GB;
Jeremy David Ashforth, London, GB;
Ian Henry Bickerstaff, London, GB;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04N 13/04 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); H04N 13/0429 (2013.01); H04N 13/0468 (2013.01); H04N 13/0497 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0134 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing method includes capturing an image of the head of a user of a head mountable display device. The position of the head mountable display device is detected in the image captured by a camera. A region of the user's face that is occluded by the head mountable display device is identified. The portion of the captured image corresponding to the head mountable display device is at least partially replaced with a corresponding portion of a 3D facial model, to provide a modified version of the captured image.