Patent ID: 9210398
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus temporally interpolating a three-dimensional (3D) depth image, the apparatus comprising: a correspondence acquiring unit to compensate for a motion in a motion area included in at least first and second depth images using an Iterative Closest Point (ICP) procedure, and to acquire correspondence information regarding a correspondence between the first and second depth images where the motion is compensated for; a color image acquiring unit to acquire color images from a color camera, the color images being located temporally adjacent to the first and second depth images; a temporal interpolation unit to interpolate the first and second depth images based on the acquired correspondence information and using a temporal interpolation procedure, the first and second depth images being generated from a depth camera; a time difference information acquiring unit to optimize at least one of the acquired color images, the correspondence information, and a time variable, and to acquire time difference information between the first and second depth images and the color images; and an intermediate depth image generator to generate an intermediate depth image in a new time using the interpolated first and second depth images, the intermediate depth image being located temporally between the first depth image and the second depth image.