FIELD: physics.
SUBSTANCE: method of retouching a video image background comprises the steps of: obtaining background movement information from a series of frames of a video sequence; for frames with a missing region: transferring pixel data from one or more preceding frames using the background movement information, transferring pixel data from one or more subsequent frames using the background movement information, and merging the said data with partially recovered pixel data in one or more of the said regions on the current frame; selecting a frame with the remaining missing region; performing a spatial retouching procedure on the said frame to recover pixel data of the said missing region; and transferring the recovered pixel data from the said selected frame to all the frames of the sequence where it is possible using the background movement information.
EFFECT: enabling video image background retouching.
9 cl, 5 dwg
