Stylized rendering using a multi-flash camera

Details Stylized rendering using a multi-flash camera Stylized rendering using a multi-flash camera

2004-05-17

2010-06-15

Hung, Yubin (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Image enhancement or restoration

Edge or contour enhancement

C382S199000, C382S254000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07738725

ABSTRACT:
A method generates a stylized image of a scene including an object. A set of n input images are acquired of the scene with a camera. Each one of the n input images is illuminated by one of a set of n light sources mounted on a body of the camera at different positions from a center of projection of a lens of the camera. Ambient lighting can be used to illuminate one image. Features in the set of n input images are detected. The features include depth edges, intensity edges, and texture edges to determine qualitative depth relationships between the depth edges, the intensity edges and the texture edges. The set of n input images are then combined in an output image to enhance the detected features according to the qualitative relationships.

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