shadow removal in OpenCV 2.4.3

Question

I am using OpenCV 2.4.3 (the latest version) to detect foreground from video streams using built-in GMG algorithm. The result works fine, but I want to also remove the foregroun

Answer 1

I can't help you directly, but I can point you towards the work of Graham Finlayson who has done a lot of work into shadow removal from colour images. See for example:

• Entropy Minimization for Shadow Removal
• On the Removal of Shadows from Images