Patent ID: 7230653
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for inserting a target image into an image stream of a real site taken by a camera, the method comprising: receiving a stream of original images taken by a camera of a real, three-dimensional site; for each original image in the image stream, identifying a background area within the original image from at least one target area in which a target image will be inserted; rendering, for each at least one target area, a target image based on at least a productions three-dimensional model of the at least one target area within the site and the camera's position and pointing direction, wherein the target area is comprised of a virtual surface that does nor exist within the site; identifying occlusions within the at least one target area of the original image; and combining the background of the original image, the at least one target image, and the image of the occlusions into an output image.