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Erasing Objects From Video In Real Time

Posted by timothy on from the no-more-wires-visible dept.

Smoothly interpolating away objects in still pictures is impressive enough, but reader geoffbrecker writes with a stunning demonstration from Germany's Technical University of Ilmenau of on-the-fly erasure of selected objects in video. Quoting: "The effect is achieved by an image synthesizer that reduces the image quality, removes the object, and then increases the image quality back up. This all happens within 40 milliseconds, fast enough that the viewer doesn't notice any delay."

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  1. Perfect Application by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We need this built into our televisions to automagically remove those network logo "bugs" and other crap they have started putting on the screen during the shows.

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    1. Re:Perfect Application by leuk_he · · Score: 3, Insightful

      In reality the networks wil use it to blur out any logo's from companys that do not sponsor the show. F1 cars will be red instead of filled with sponsors.

  2. Do we still believe what we see? by gknoy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This has some frightening ramifications for how much we believe video. Videos similar to the ones Wikileaks leaked, or news videos "live" on scene, could be doctored in near enough to real time that we consumers might never know it. Scary.

  3. I thought what I'd do is... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes.