In this paper, we introduce fractional calculus into image inpainting and propose a new class of fractional-order variational image inpainting models, in both space and wavelet domains, inspired by the works of Bai and Feng. The corresponding Euler-Lagrange equations are given and proper numerical algorithm is analyzed. According to the simulations on several testing images, our algorithm demon...

Digital inpainting provides a means for reconstruction of small damaged portions of an image. Although the inpainting basics are straightforward, most inpainting techniques published in the literature are complex to understand and implement. We present here a new algorithm for digital inpainting based on the fast marching method for level set applications. Our algorithm is very simple to implem...

This paper deals with the joint use of connected operators and image inpainting for image filtering. Connected operators filter the image by merging its flat zones while preserving contour information. Image inpainting restores the values of an image for a destroyed or consciously masked subregion of the image domain. In the present paper, it will be shown that image inpainting can be combined ...

 This work was supported by the NSFC-Guangdong Joint Foundation Key Project (Grant No. U1135003), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.60773043, 61070227) and the Foundation for Key Program of Ministry of Education of China (No. 309017). Abstract – Exemplar-based image inpainting techniques face two main problems. One is the decision of filling-in order which has a strong...

Image inpainting is the process of reconstructing an image or to fill the missed region by using the surrounding pixels so that it looks reasonable to human eye. Sometimes, while capturing the image dead pixels will exists in the image which results in degraded image. In this paper, various algorithms are discussed by using which we can get a smoothed and undegraded image. Keywords—Inpainting, ...

Image inpainting automatically restores damaged images and partially removed pictures. Since most inpainting mechanisms inpaint damaged portions in a single layer, this study proposes a multilayer inpainting mechanism by examining how Chinese paintings are drawn in layers. The proposed multilayer inpainting mechanism employs a layer fusion strategy to detect the optimal inpaint combination amon...

Image in-painting is the art of restoring lost and selected parts of an image based on the background information in such a way so that the change is not observed by the observer. Image In-painting is very important and emerging field of research in image processing. Inpainting algorithm have numerous applications such as rebuilding of damaged photographs & films, heritage preservation, removal...

Inpainting is the technique of modifying an image in an imperceptible form, is a very old fine art itself. The goals and applications of inpainting are frequent from the restoration of damaged paintings and image photographs to the removal or replacement of selected objects. Image Inpainting is the ability of filling in misplaced data in an image. The principle of inpainting is to restructure m...

Image Inpainting is the process of filling in missing regions in an image. The objective of inpainting is to reconstruct the missing regions in a visually plausible way. Several algorithms are available in the literature for the same. Many researchers have proposed a large variety of exemplar based image inpainting algorithms to restore the structure and texture of damaged images. In this paper...