PyPatchMatch

PyPatchMatch is a Cython wrapper of inpainting technique based on PatchMatch for restoring the miss area in an image.
The porject mainly based on a C implementation of PatchMatch and a cython wrapper of np.array <-> cv::Mat.

Prerequisites

• cmake
• OpenCV 2.2.0
• python 3.5
• cython
• numpy

Build

• check OpenCV have been built as the tutorial (Note the version should be v2.2.0)
• check SYS_PREFIX in setup.py is the correct path of OpenCV libraries

To build, run sh build.sh.

Use

PyPatchMatch_inpaint(input, mask, radius)

Args:

• input: the original RGB image (a HxWx3 numpy.array)
• mask: the miss mask of image, the value in miss area is 1 (a HxW numpy.array)
• radius: patch radius

Return:

• the result RGB image (a HxWx3 numpy.array)

demo.ipynb is an example of inpainting images via PyPatchMatch.

Reference

• https://github.com/younesse-cv/PatchMatch
• https://github.com/solivr/cython_opencvMat