Conversion and encoding techniques
AssigneeDynamic Digital Depth Research Pty Ltd
InventorsSimon Richard Fox, Julien Charles Flack, Philip Victor Harman
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Abstract
A method of creating at least one depth map for an image sequence including the steps of receiving depth data for a plurality of points in the image sequence, utilising the depth data and a classifier to ascertain depth characteristics as a function of image characteristics and relative position and creating a depth map for at least one frame of the image sequence utilising the image characteristics.
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A method of creating at least one depth map for an image sequence including the steps of:
- receiving depth data for a plurality of points in said image sequence;
- utilising said depth data and a classifier to ascertain depth characteristics as a function of image characteristics and relative position;
- creating a depth map for at least one frame of said image sequence utilising said image characteristics.
A method of creating at least one depth map for an image sequence including the steps of:
- dividing said image sequence into a plurality of image shots;
- receiving depth data for a plurality of points in at least one said image shot;
- utilising said depth data and a classifier to ascertain depth characteristics as a function of image characteristics and relative position;
- creating a depth map for at least one frame of said at least one image shot utilising said image characteristics.
A method of creating at least one depth map for an image sequence including the steps of:
- receiving image data of a plurality of frames;
- receiving depth data of a plurality of points in at least one of said frames;
- utilising said image data and said depth data to determine an algorithm to ascertain depth characteristics as a function of image data;
- determining a depth map for at least one said frame utilising said algorithm.
A method of creating at least one depth map for an image sequence including the steps of:
- dividing said image sequence into a plurality of image shots;
- for each image shot receiving depth data for a plurality of points and utilising said depth data and a respective classifier to create an initial algorithm to ascertain depth characteristics as a function of image characteristics and relative position;
- creating at least one combined algorithm by combining at least two initial algorithms from a plurality of said shots;
- creating a depth map for at least one frame of said image sequence using said at least one combined algorithm.
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