Special Section on Smart Multimedia & Communication Systems
An Image Completion Algorithm Using Occlusion-Free Images from Internet Photo Sharing Sites
2008 Volume E91.A Issue 10 Pages 2918-2927
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2008 Volume E91.A Issue 10 Pages 2918-2927
In this paper, we propose an image completion algorithm which takes advantage of the countless number of images available on Internet photo sharing sites to replace occlusions in an input image. The algorithm 1) automatically selects the most suitable images from a database of downloaded images and 2) seamlessly completes the input image using the selected images with minimal user intervention. Experimental results on input images captured at various locations and scene conditions demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed technique in seamlessly reconstructing user-defined occlusions.
