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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, KR;
Seung Jun Yang, Daejeon-si, KR;
Ji Hun Cha, Daejeon-si, KR;
Jin Woong Kim, Daejeon-si, KR;
Sang Beom Lee, Gwangju, KR;
Yo Sung Ho, Gwangju, KR;
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
An image synthesizing method according to the present invention includes generating a depth image in a current picture by searching depth information using a plurality of color images obtained at different view points, performing filtering on the depth image using a 3-dimensional (3D) joint bilateral filter, and generating a synthesized image using the plurality of color images and the filtered depth image, wherein the 3D joint bilateral filter performs filtering on the generated depth image using color image information for at least one of previous pictures, the current picture, and subsequent pictures, and the color image information includes information on a boundary of an object in the color images and color information of the color images. According to the present invention, image processing performance may be enhanced.