IP Library Granted Patent US 9,230,332
Granted Patent B2
US 9,230,332 · App. 14/069,916 · Granted Jan 5, 2016

Method for processing multiple images of a same scene

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Patent No.
US 9,230,332
App. No.
14/069,916
Granted
Jan 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method comprises the steps of providing a sequence of image files depicting images of a same scene, in a computer memory, determining correspondence information relevant to the same scene across the sequence of images, and generating individual intrinsic images for each one of the sequence of images, as a function of the correspondence information.

Claims (15)

1. An automated, computerized method for processing an image, comprising the steps of:

providing a sequence of image files depicting images of a same scene, in a computer memory;

determining correspondence information relevant to the same scene across the sequence of images; and

generating individual intrinsic images for each one of the sequence of images, as a function of the correspondence information by executing an intrinsic image process according to a spatio-spectral operator/constraint/solver model.

2. The method of claim 1 including the further step of identifying token regions in each image of the sequence of images, and wherein the correspondence information comprises matching token information across the sequence of images.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of determining correspondence information is carried out by executing a sparse correspondence technique.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of determining correspondence information is carried out by executing a dense correspondence technique.

5. A computer system which comprises:

a CPU; and

a memory storing a sequence of image files depicting images of a same scene;

the CPU arranged and configured to execute a routine to determine correspondence information relevant to the same scene across the sequence of images, and generate individual intrinsic images for each one of the sequence of images, as a function of the correspondence information, by executing an intrinsic image process according to a spatio-spectral operator/constraint/solver model.

6. A computer program product, disposed on a non-transitory computer readable media, the product including computer executable process steps operable to control a computer to: provide a sequence of image files depicting images of a same scene, in a computer memory, determine correspondence information relevant to the same scene across the sequence of images, and generate individual intrinsic images for each one of the sequence of images, as a function of the correspondence information, by executing an intrinsic image process according to a spatio-spectral operator/constraint/solver model.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 including the further process step of identifying token regions in each image of the sequence of images, and wherein the correspondence information comprises matching token information across the sequence of images.

8. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the process step of determining correspondence information is carried out by executing a sparse correspondence technique.

9. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the process step of determining correspondence information is carried out by executing a dense correspondence technique.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: TANDENT COMPUTER VISION LLC
To: INNOVATION ASSET COLLECTIVE
Reel/Frame 061387/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2019
From: TANDENT VISION SCIENCE, INC.
To: TANDENT COMPUTER VISION LLC
Reel/Frame 049080/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2013
From: SMITH, CASEY ARTHUR; STEIN, ANDREW NEIL; MAXWELL, BRUCE ALLEN; FRIEDHOFF, RICHARD MARK
To: TANDENT VISION SCIENCE, INC.
Reel/Frame 031531/0116 →