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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:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 29, 2012
Applicants:

Germano Leichsenring, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomoko Katayama, Osaka, JP;

Hidetaka Oto, Osaka, JP;

Nobuki Tominaga, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Germano Leichsenring, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomoko Katayama, Osaka, JP;

Hidetaka Oto, Osaka, JP;

Nobuki Tominaga, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/80 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/80 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); H04N 13/0022 (2013.01); H04N 13/0066 (2013.01);
Abstract

A image providing device provides a user with realistic and natural past-experience simulation through stereoscopic photographs. Specifically, feature-point extractors extract feature points from a foreground image and a background image, respectively. A stereoscopic matching module searches for pairs of feature points matching between the foreground image and the background image and obtains using the feature point pairs a transformation matrix for projecting the foreground image onto the background image. The transformation by the transformation matrix obtained by the matching unit is applied to foreground depth data, which is depth data of the foreground image. Lastly, depth based rendering is performed based on the transformed foreground depth data to obtain two or more viewpoint images corresponding to the foreground image.


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