Patent Document ID: 9654765
Application ID: 14171141
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for executing depth image-based rendering of a 3D image from one or more color cameras and at least one depth camera by at least one computer having a processor and memory, the method comprising: propagating, using the at least one computer, depth information from the at least one depth camera to an image plane of each color camera to produce a propagated depth image for each color camera; enhancing, using the at least one computer, the propagated depth image for each color camera with the color and propagated depth information thereof to produce an enhanced depth image for each color camera, wherein, for the propagated depth image for each color camera, the enhancing comprises (i) depth-color bilateral filtering (DCBF) and (ii) filling holes along a specific direction that is determined based on a line originating from an epipole; and creating, using the at least one computer, a complete image from the one or more enhanced depth images.