Patent ID: 8526759
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of filling a hole in a virtual view image warped from a two-dimensional image, the hole having a number (N) of pixels, where N≧1, the virtual view image including a foreground image region and a background image region, said method comprising the steps of: a) detecting the hole to determine the number (N) of pixels in the hole, where N≧1, and to obtain position information corresponding to the number (N) of the pixels in the hole; b) for each of the number (N) of the pixels in the hole, selecting, from the virtual view image, a target image block that contains at least a corresponding one of the pixels in the hole; c) selecting, from the virtual view image, a number (P) of search image blocks, each of which has a central pixel that is disposed on one of the upside, downside, right and left of a central pixel of the target image block, and detecting whether each of the number (P) of the search image blocks is available so as to determine which ones of the number (P) of the search image blocks are available; d) upon determining in step c) that a number (Q) of the search image blocks are available, where 1≦Q≦P, estimating each of the number (Q) of the search image blocks using a predetermined estimation manner to generate an estimating value corresponding to a corresponding one of the number (Q) of the search image blocks; and e) selecting, based on the estimating values generated in step d), one of the number (Q) of the search image blocks as a candidate image block, and filling each of all pixels in the target image block with a corresponding one of all pixel values in the candidate image block.