Patent Document ID: 20100238160
Application ID: 12405912
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for synthesizing virtual images from a sequence of texture images and a sequence of corresponding depth images, and wherein each depth images stores depths d at pixel locations I(x, y), comprising a processor for performing steps of the method, comprising the steps of: preprocessing, each depth image, to produce a corresponding preprocessed depth image; selecting, a first reference image and a second reference image from the sequence of texture images; applying, to the preprocessed depth images corresponding to the reference images, depth-based 3D warping to produce a corresponding warped images; applying, to the first and second reference images, depth-based histogram matching to produce a corresponding histogram image using the warped images; applying, to each histogram image, base plus assistant image blending to produce a corresponding virtual image; and applying, to each virtual image, depth-based in-painting to synthesize a virtual image.