Patent ID: 7840070

Claim:
A method for providing rendered images based on image segmentation via a processor programmed via a computer readable medium embodied with a computer program to cause the processor to carry out the method comprising: determining, via the processor, an edge within an image introduced by boundaries of image segments; determining, via the processor, an edge region around the edge, wherein the edge region takes edge blurring into account; determining, via the processor, a first displacement field for the image segments; determining, via the processor, a second displacement field for the edge region; merging, via the processor, the first and the second displacement field into a third displacement field, wherein the third displacement field having (i) a displacement of the first displacement field for the image segments and (ii)a displacement of the second displacement field for the edge region, such that (iii) the edge region is treated as a separate object with a separate displacement, the edge region being separate from the image segments; and shifting, via the processor, respective image pixels within the image according to the third displacement field, wherein the edge region is shifted independently of the image segments, and wherein the shifting creates holes in homogeneous parts of the image segments in regions not directly belonging to the edge.