Automatic natural video matting with depth

Oliver Wang; Jonathan Finger; Yang Qingxiong; James Davis; Yang Ruigang

doi:10.1109/PG.2007.11

Automatic natural video matting with depth

Oliver Wang, Jonathan Finger, Yang Qingxiong, James Davis, Yang Ruigang

Computer Science

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Abstract

Video matting is the process of taking a sequence of frames, isolating the foreground, and replacing the background in each frame. We look at existing single-frame matting techniques and present a method that improves upon them by adding depth information acquired by a time-of-fiight range scanner. We use the depth information to automate the process so it can be practically used for video sequences. In addition, we show that we can improve the results from natural matting algorithms by adding a depth channel. The additional depth information allows us to reduce the artifacts that arise from ambiguities that occur when an object is a similar color to its background.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - The Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications Pacific Graphics 2007, PG
Pages	469-472
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PG.2007.11
State	Published - 2007
Event	15th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications, Pacific Graphics 2007, PG - Maui, HI, United States Duration: Oct 29 2007 → Nov 2 2007

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Name	Proceedings - Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications
ISSN (Print)	1550-4085

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Conference	15th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications, Pacific Graphics 2007, PG
Country/Territory	United States
City	Maui, HI
Period	10/29/07 → 11/2/07

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Wang, O, Finger, J, Qingxiong, Y, Davis, J & Ruigang, Y 2007, Automatic natural video matting with depth. in Proceedings - The Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications Pacific Graphics 2007, PG., 4392766, Proceedings - Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications, pp. 469-472, 15th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications, Pacific Graphics 2007, PG, Maui, HI, United States, 10/29/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/PG.2007.11

Automatic natural video matting with depth. / Wang, Oliver; Finger, Jonathan; Qingxiong, Yang et al.
Proceedings - The Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications Pacific Graphics 2007, PG. 2007. p. 469-472 4392766 (Proceedings - Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications).

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