Method for generating multi-view images from a single image

A computing unit (50), comprising:

• a memory (56);
• and
• a processor (52) in communication with the memory for generating a plurality of multi-view images of a scene according to a method, the method comprising:
• obtaining a single two-dimensional source image of a scene, the source image comprising a plurality of source pixels (20);
• automatically generating at least two multi-view images (28) of the scene from less than all of the plurality of source pixels, each of the at least two multi-view images having a different viewing direction for the scene, wherein each of the at least two multi-view images includes no portion of the single two-dimensional source image;
• integrating (64) the at least two multi-view images (60), prior to displaying, by combining an entirety of each of the at least two multi-view images into a single integrated image of the scene (62);
• and
• displaying, after the integrating, the single integrated image on a three-dimensional multi-view autostereoscopic display.

A computer program product (40) for generating multi-view images of a scene, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium (42) readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions (44) for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method of generating a plurality of multi-view images of a scene, the method comprising:

• obtaining a single two-dimensional source image of a scene, the source image comprising a plurality of source pixels (20);
• automatically generating at least two multi-view images (28) of the scene from less than all of the plurality of source pixels, each of the at least two multi-view images having a different viewing direction for the scene, wherein each of the at least two multi-view images includes no portion of the single two-dimensional source image;
• integrating (64) the at least two multi-view images (60), prior to displaying, by combining an entirety of each of the at least two multi-view images into a single integrated image of the scene (62);
• and
• displaying, after the integrating, the single integrated image on a three-dimensional multi-view autostereoscopic display.