TR2004-039

Image Fusion for Context Enhancement and Video Surrealism


    •  Raskar, R., Ilie, A., Yu, J., "Image Fusion for Context Enhancement and Video Surrealism", International Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (NPAR), June 2004, pp. 85-152.
      BibTeX TR2004-039 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Raskar2004jun,
      • author = {Raskar, R. and Ilie, A. and Yu, J.},
      • title = {Image Fusion for Context Enhancement and Video Surrealism},
      • booktitle = {International Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (NPAR)},
      • year = 2004,
      • pages = {85--152},
      • month = jun,
      • isbn = {1-58113-887-3},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2004-039}
      • }
  • Research Area:

    Computer Vision

Abstract:

We present a class of image fusion techniques to automatically combine images of a scene captured under different illumination. Beyond providing digital tools for artists for creating surrealist images and videos, the methods can also be used for practical applications. For example, the non-realistic appearance can be used to enhance the context of nighttime traffic videos so that they are easier to understand. The context is automatically captured from a fixed camera and inserted from a day-time image of the same scene. Our approach is based on a gradient domain technique that preserves important local perceptual cues while avoiding traditional problems such as aliasing, ghosting and haloing. We presents several results in generating surrealistic videos and in increasing the information density of low quality nighttime videos.

 

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      Date: June 7, 2004
      Where: International Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (NPAR)
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      Brief
      • The paper "Image Fusion for Context Enhancement and Video Surrealism" by Raskar, R., Ilie, A. and Yu, J. was presented at the International Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (NPAR).
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