Image analysis – Applications – Motion or velocity measuring
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-17
2006-01-17
Johns, Andrew W. (Department: 2621)
Image analysis
Applications
Motion or velocity measuring
C382S103000, C382S173000, C382S190000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06987865
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for extracting structure from multiple images of a scene by representing the scene as a group of image layers, including reflection and transparency layers. In general, the present invention performs layer extraction from multiple images containing reflections and transparencies. The present invention includes an optimal approach for recovering layer images and their associated motions from an arbitrary number of composite images. The present invention includes image formation equations, the constrained least squares technique used to recover the component images, a novel method to estimate upper and lower bounds on the solution using min- and max-composites, and a motion refinement method.
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Anandan Padmanabhan
Avidan Shmuel
Szeliski Richard S.
Edwards Patrick L.
Johns Andrew W.
Lyon Katrina A.
Lyon & Harr LLP
Microsoft Corp.
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