Title :
Image replacement through texture synthesis
Author :
Igehy, Homan ; Pereira, Lucas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
Photographs and images often have regions which are in some sense flawed. Often, there may be a stain or an undesired feature covering a significant portion of the image, and an algorithm that can “fix” the image is desired. We propose a technique based on Heeger and Bergen´s texture synthesis algorithm (1995). By integrating a composition step into the aforementioned algorithm one portion of the image can be substituted with a synthetic texture derived from another portion of the image. The goal of this synthetic texture is to create a plausible patch without visible seams or repetitive features. We compare this technique, which works on areas that are “stochastic” in nature, with other variations of image replacement which utilize a combination of image composition and texture synthesis
Keywords :
image matching; image texture; image composition; image replacement; stochastic areas; synthetic texture; texture synthesis; undesired feature; Computer science; Humans; Layout; Matched filters; Nonlinear filters; Statistics; Stochastic processes; Tiles; White noise; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing, 1997. Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Santa Barbara, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8183-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.1997.632049