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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2011
Applicants:

Meindert Onno Wildeboer, Nagoya, JP;

LU Yang, Nagoya, JP;

Mehrdad Panahpour Tehrani, Nagoya, JP;

Tomohiro Yendo, Niigata, JP;

Masayuki Tanimoto, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Meindert Onno Wildeboer, Nagoya, JP;

Lu Yang, Nagoya, JP;

Mehrdad Panahpour Tehrani, Nagoya, JP;

Tomohiro Yendo, Niigata, JP;

Masayuki Tanimoto, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0011 (2013.01); H04N 13/0271 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a virtual viewpoint image synthesizing method in which a virtual viewpoint image viewed from a virtual viewpoint is synthesized based on image information obtained from a plurality of viewpoints. The virtual viewpoint image is synthesized through a reference images obtaining step, a depth maps generating step, an up-sampling step, a virtual viewpoint information obtaining step, and a virtual viewpoint image synthesizing step.


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