Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Hong-Chang Shin

Gwang-Soon Lee

Nam Ho Hur

Soo In Lee

Gun Bang

Eun Young Chang

Tae One Kim

Gi-Mun Um

Jun-Young Jeong

Gwang Soon Lee

Jun Young Jeong

Ho-Min Eum

Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for removing redundant data between multi-view videos. The method includes generating a pruning mask of an additional view image by mapping a basic view image to the additional view image, among multi-view images, and revalidating the pruning mask using color information of the basic view image and the additional view image. Revalidating the pruning mask may include defining a color relationship between the basic view image and the additional view image by extracting predetermined sample values from corresponding pixels between the basic view image and the additional view image, which are included in the pruning candidate group of the pruning mask, and detecting pixels that do not match the defined color relationship, among the pixels in the pruning mask, as outliers.

Apparatus and method for eliminating duplicate data between multi-view videos

Disclosed herein is a method for encoding an immersive image. The method includes detecting a non-diffuse surface in a first texture image of a first view, generating an additional texture image from the first texture image based on the detected non-diffuse surface, performing pruning on the additional texture image based on a second texture image of a second view, generating a texture atlas based on the pruned additional texture image, and encoding the texture atlas.

Method for encoding immersive image and method for decoding immersive image

Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for generating a residual image of multi-view video. The method includes generating a pruning mask of an additional view image by mapping a basic view image to the additional view image, among multi-view images, and detecting outliers in the pruning mask using color information of the basic view image and the additional view image.

Method for generating residual image of multi-view video and apparatus using the same

A method and an apparatus for generating a three-dimension (3D) virtual viewpoint image including: segmenting a first image into a plurality of images indicating different layers based on depth information of the first image at a gaze point of a user; and inpainting an area occluded by foreground in the plurality of images based on depth information of a reference viewpoint image are provided.

Method and apparatus for generating 3D virtual viewpoint image

A device for creating multi-view video contents includes a virtual view position and distribution unit that calculates a plurality of virtual views corresponding to the number of predetermined virtual views based on input information and distributes the calculated positions of the plurality of virtual views to a plurality of view synthesis processing units; a view synthesis processor that operates the plurality of view synthesis processing units in parallel, allows each of the view synthesis processing units to create at least one virtual view video corresponding to a position of at least one virtual view distributed from the virtual view position calculation and distribution unit, and performs partial multiplexing based on at least one created virtual view video; and a video integration unit that integrates a plurality of partially multiplexed videos output from the plurality of view synthesis processing units.

Device and method for creating multi-view video contents using parallel processing

Method and device for generating a multi-viewpoint image are provided. The method of generating a multi-viewpoint image includes the steps of: acquiring at least one reference-viewpoint image; generating unit image information of a virtual-viewpoint image on the basis of unit image information of the reference-viewpoint image; multiplexing the unit image information of the reference-viewpoint image and the unit image information of the virtual-viewpoint image; and generating a multi-viewpoint image by performing an interpolation process on occluded areas between the multiplexed unit image information using the multiplexed unit image information. As a result, it is possible to avoid unnecessary processes of completing and rearranging individual viewpoint images in the course of generating a multi-viewpoint image.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Hong-Chang Shin