High dynamic range viewpoint synthesis

An imaging system comprising at least one processor and a data repository communicably coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

• receive a plurality of images of a given region of a real-world environment that are captured by a plurality of cameras, wherein at least two images from amongst the plurality of images are captured using at least one of:
• different exposure times, different sensitivities, different apertures;
• receive corresponding depth maps of the given region of the real-world environment with respect to different viewpoints of the plurality of cameras, wherein the corresponding depth maps are generated by depth-mapping means corresponding to each of the plurality of cameras;
• identify different portions of each image that represent objects located at different optical depths with respect to a viewpoint of a given camera that captured said image;
• create a set of depth planes corresponding to each image, based on the different optical depths of the objects and relative positions of the different portions of said image representing the objects, wherein a given depth plane is representative of objects or parts of the objects that are located at a same optical depth or within a predefined depth from the same optical depth;
• warp depth planes of each set to match a perspective of a new viewpoint corresponding to which an output image is to be generated;
• fuse sets of warped depth planes corresponding to two or more images from amongst the plurality of images to form an output set of warped depth planes;
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• generate the output image from the output set of warped depth planes.