Sender-side geometric fusion of depth data

An image processing system comprising:

• at least one processing device;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the system to perform operations including:
• receiving a plurality of depth views of an object, each of the plurality of depth views being captured from a respective viewpoint of the object, each of the plurality of depth views including respective depth data associated with a depth image of the object captured from the respective viewpoint,
• generating an updated depth view corresponding with each of the plurality of depth views, each updated depth view being based on the respective viewpoint, and representing portions of the respective depth data from each of remaining of the plurality of depth views of the object, at least a portion of the depth data in the updated depth view being geometrically merged and corresponding with an occluded region in at least one of the plurality of depth views;
• and
• generating an image of the object from a target viewpoint based on the updated depth views, the target viewpoint being different from each of the respective viewpoint from which each of the plurality of depth views are captured.

A non-transitory, machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause a computing device to:

• receive a plurality of depth views of an object, each of the plurality of depth views being captured from a respective viewpoint of the object, each of the plurality of depth views including respective depth data associated with a depth image of the object captured from the respective viewpoint,
• generate an updated depth view corresponding with each of the plurality of depth views, each updated depth view being based on the respective viewpoint, and representing portions of the respective depth data from each of remaining of the plurality of depth views of the object, at least a portion of the depth data in the updated depth view being geometrically merged and corresponding with an occluded region in at least one of the plurality of depth views;
• and
• generate an image of the object from a target viewpoint based on the updated depth views, the target viewpoint being different from each of the respective viewpoints from which each of the plurality of depth views are captured.