Patent ID: 9641822
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. An apparatus for processing a three-dimensional (3D) image, comprising: a first storage unit to store depth image data associated with an object as first data of a 3D data format; a second storage unit to independently store a plurality of color images associated with the object as color image data of a 2D image format, independent of the first data; and a third storage unit to independently store a plurality of depth images respectively obtained from plural different viewpoints of the object, independent of the color image data; a processing unit to generate a 3D image data by merging a selected color image of the plurality of color images with the first data, wherein the first storage unit is configured to merge the plurality of depth images stored in the third storage unit and subsequently store the merged plurality of depth images as the first data into a single data structure such that the plural different viewpoints are represented as a unified view.