MSR Cambridge Vision Group
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Explore the latest advancements in image and video editing from MS Research Cambridge (MSRC), focusing on areas such as airbrushing history, video segmentation, object recognition, and real-time object recognition. Learn about technologies like PatchWorks, Clone, and Resynthesizer that enable efficient editing of visual content. Discover how machine learning is revolutionizing object recognition and visual search challenges.
MSR Cambridge Vision Group
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MSR Cambridge Vision Group • Editing Images • Editing videos • Live video • Recognising objects • Remote collaboration
Images and videos as first-class objects MS Research Cambridge (MSRC) -- Machine Learning and Perception Group
Patchworks • Inpainting: smooth completion over small gaps, but slow • PatchWork: similar (a bit less smooth) to Inpainting, but fast... PatchWorks Inpainting
Filling in large Holes • Inpainting: does not work • Resynthesizer (Gimp): 2’45’’ (computation) • Clone (PictureIt): 5’ (hand-labor) • PatchWork: 10’’ (computation) Clone Resynthesizer PatchWorks
Demo: • Patchworks/Grabcut
From still images ... to video • Research challenge: analysing movement • Reacting to people • Making personal video manageable
Why is visual search hard? What the computer sees What you see
Cartoon collection -- Daimler-Benz ++
Tracking motion with a cartoon “flip-book” • Application of (award winning) MSRC work on visual tracking
Stereo webcam conventional camera - zoomed out conventional camera - zoomed in Smart Framing - start Smart Framing - continue
i2i project Prize-winning technology
General object class recognition Learned visual dictionary - underlies image/video search - object sensitive image editing Machine Learning: Object recognition
Image segmentation applications to colonoscopy joint project (TCI) with U. Oxford Stereo imaging surgical visualisation, Papworth hospital Video tracking - echocardiographic analysis - joint PhD (ESI) with U. Oxford People: Andrew Blake, Antonio Criminisi, Carsten Rother, Victor Lempitsky. Medical Imaging Interests at MSRC
Summary: MSRC Vision/Graphics • Images and videos: first-class citizens of the desktop • Image processing accessible for all users • Video: communication, remote collaboration, medicine • Research feeding into video and graphics products