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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Seung Kyu Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hwa Sup Lim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kee Chang Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
DO Kyoon Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Seung Kyu Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hwa Sup Lim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kee Chang Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Do Kyoon Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for bidirectionally inpainting an occlusion area appearing during generation of a virtual viewpoint image, using a foreground area and a background area based on a predicted volume are provided. The method includes receiving an input of a depth image and a color image, the depth image having depth information for a first viewpoint, and the color image having color information for the first viewpoint, generating a virtual viewpoint image at a second viewpoint based on the depth image and the color image, separating the virtual viewpoint image into a foreground area and a background area, based on the depth information and direction information regarding a direction from the first viewpoint to the second viewpoint, predicting a three-dimensional (3D) volume of the foreground area, and inpainting an occlusion area bidirectionally using the foreground area and the background area, based on the predicted 3D volume, the occlusion area being included in the virtual viewpoint image.