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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Pär-anders Aronsson, Malmö, SE;
Martin Ek, Lund, SE;
Magnus Jendbro, Staffansturp, SE;
Magnus Landqvist, Lund, SE;
Pär Stenberg, Lund, SE;
Ola Thörn, Limhamn, SE;
Pär-Anders Aronsson, Malmö, SE;
Martin Ek, Lund, SE;
Magnus Jendbro, Staffansturp, SE;
Magnus Landqvist, Lund, SE;
Pär Stenberg, Lund, SE;
Ola Thörn, Limhamn, SE;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communicaions AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
An apparatus and method generate a three-dimensional image by determining, using a light-field camera, a depth map corresponding to an environment. The depth map represents how light falls in the environment. The method also includes determining a parallax occlusion map of the environment and creating, using the depth map and the parallax occlusion map, a three-dimensional image representing the environment. In some embodiments, the method includes taking a first picture of the environment with a first flash intensity and a second picture of the environment with a greater second flash, determining differences between the first picture of the environment and the second picture of the environment, determining one or more properties of the environment based at least in part on the determined differences and dynamically re-lighting the three-dimensional image using the depth map, the parallax occlusion map, and one or more of the determined properties of the environment.