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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Sing Bing Kang, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles Zitnick, Iii, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew Uyttendaele, Seattle, WA (US);
Simon Winder, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Szeliski, Redmond, WA (US);
Sing Bing Kang, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles Zitnick, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew Uyttendaele, Seattle, WA (US);
Simon Winder, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Szeliski, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and process for generating, and then rendering and displaying, an interactive viewpoint video in which a user can watch a dynamic scene while manipulating (freezing, slowing down, or reversing) time and changing the viewpoint at will. In general, the interactive viewpoint video is generated using a small number of cameras to capture multiple video streams. A multi-view 3D reconstruction and matting technique is employed to create a layered representation of the video frames that enables both efficient compression and interactive playback of the captured dynamic scene, while at the same time allowing for real-time rendering.