Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Rgb-Only Specular Highlight Removal Framework Using Physically Grounded Synthetic Supervision And Latent Feature Inpainting

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641089403 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on July 22, 2026, for Rgb-Only Specular Highlight Removal Framework Using Physically Grounded Synthetic Supervision And Latent Feature Inpainting.

Inventors include Sidharth Gautam; Om Shinde; and Shivam Singh.

The application for the patent was published on July 31, 2026, under issue no. 31/2026.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a deep learning-based framework for removing specular highlights from a single RGB image without requiring paired reflection-free training data, specialized imaging hardware, or domain-specific adaptation. The framework incorporates a Virtual Highlight Synth...