Patent ID: 8941647
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A depth estimation data generating apparatus comprising: a generating unit which generates images of a plurality of basic depth models respectively indicating depth values of a plurality of basic scene structures; a composition ratio calculating unit which calculates a composition ratio between the images of the plurality of basic depth models by using statistics of at least some pixel values in a predetermined region in a screen of a non-3D image, so as to estimate a scene structure of the non-3D image whose depth information is neither included explicitly nor included implicitly like a stereo image; a composing unit which composes the images of the plurality of basic depth models generated by the generating unit according to the composition ratio and generates a basic depth model-composed image; a high frequency component detecting unit to which an object signal indicating object information about concavity and convexity of a pseudo 3D image is supplied from the non-3D image, and which detects a high frequency component indicating an absolute value of a difference between values of predetermined pixels in the object signal; a gain generating unit which generates a gain having a smaller value as a value of the high frequency component detected by the high frequency component detecting unit is higher; a compensated object signal generating unit which multiplies the object signal and the gain generated by the gain generating unit and generates a compensated object signal wherein a level of the object signal is compensated for; and an adding unit which adds the compensated object signal to the basic depth model-composed image composed by the composing unit and generates depth estimation data for generating an image having a viewpoint different from the non-3D image, the image constituting a pseudo 3D image with the non-3D image.