METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING INTRINSIC IMAGES USING A SMOOTH ILLUMMINATION CONSTRAINT

摘要

In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, organizing information relevant to the image according to a smooth-illumination constraint enforcing a Laplacian filter response such that ?2 (x, y) - 0 and utilizing the smooth-illumination constraint to generate an intrinsic image from the image.