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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2008
Reinier Bernardus Maria Klein Gunnewiek, Eindhoven, NL;
Wilhelmus Hendrikus Alfonsus Bruls, Eindhoven, NL;
Reinier Bernardus Maria Klein Gunnewiek, Eindhoven, NL;
Wilhelmus Hendrikus Alfonsus Bruls, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A device and apparatus for processing a depth-map including obtaining a depth-map based on a lossy compressed depth-map, the depth-map including depth information of a scene from a viewpoint, the scene includes an object; obtaining occlusion information for the scene from the viewpoint, the occlusion information including information occluded by the object in the depth-map; and processing at least part of the depth information using at least part of the occlusion information in order to reduce compression artifacts in the depth-map.