Removal of Unwanted Objects from Still Photographs

In this paper we present a method for removing unwanted objects from still photographs. The method is based on taking several shoots of the same picture by either moving the camera or holding the camera fixed if the unwanted object is moving, so that afterwards, by careful comparisons between macroblocks from different shoots of the same picture, we are able to reconstruct the original picture without the unwanted object in it. The method operates in two scenarios, one when the unwanted object is moving in front of the camera (e.g. like a passing car) and another when the unwanted object is fixed (e.g. like electrical or communication wires). In the evaluation section we perform several tests that show our method is viable.