Multiview image creation system and method

A multiview image generation system comprising:

• a multiview display;
• a processor, and
• a memory that stores a plurality of instructions, which, when executed, cause the processor to:
• select a first multiview image layer among a plurality of multiview image layers that form a composite multiview image, the first multiview image layer comprising a plurality of view images;
• receive user input comprising a depth setting for the first multiview image layer;
• convert the depth setting to a plurality of shift values for corresponding view images based on an ordered number of each of the view images, the plurality of shift values being ordered such that adjacent shift values are equally spaced apart with a spacing that corresponds to the depth setting;
• shift the view images of the selected first multiview image layer according to the corresponding shift values;
• and
• automatically render the plurality of multiview image layers in a predefined sequence as the composite multiview image on the multiview display,
• wherein the first multiview image layer is a newly created multiview image layer, and
• wherein each ordered number corresponds to a relative position of each of the view images.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing system, implement operations to create a multiview image from a depth map. the operations comprising:

• assigning a single view image to a first multiview image layer;
• loading the depth map for the first multiview image layer;
• modifying one or both of a size and a shape of the depth map to provide a modified depth map;
• synthesizing a plurality of view images from the single view image and from the modified depth map for the first multiview image layer, the plurality of view images being ordered such that adjacent view images are equally spaced apart with a spacing that corresponds to a property of the modified depth map;
• and
• automatically rendering the first multiview image layer and a second multiview image layer in a predefined sequence as a composite multiview image on a multiview display.