Method and apparatus for controlling dynamic depth of stereo-view or multi-view sequence images
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae-phil Koo, Seon-deok Hwang
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for controlling a dynamic depth of stereo-view or multi-view images. The method includes receiving stereo-view or multi-view images, generating a disparity histogram by estimating the disparity of two images corresponding to the received images and measuring the frequency of the estimated disparity, determining the disparity control amount of the stereo-view or multi-view images by convoluting the generated disparity histogram and a characteristic function, and rearranging stereo-view or multi-view input images by controlling parallax according to the control amount of parity.
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A method of controlling a dynamic depth of stereo-view or multi-view images, the method comprising:
- receiving stereo-view or multi-view images;
- generating a disparity histogram by estimating a disparity of two images corresponding to the stereo-view or multi-view images which are received and measuring a frequency of the estimated disparity;
- determining a disparity control amount of the stereo-view or multi-view images by convoluting the generated disparity histogram and a characteristic function;
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- rearranging stereo-view or multi-view images by controlling parallax according to the disparity control amount.
An apparatus for controlling a dynamic depth of stereo-view or multi-view images, the apparatus comprising:
- a receiver which receives stereo-view or multi-view images;
- a disparity estimator which generates a disparity histogram by estimating a disparity of two images corresponding to the stereo-view or multi-view images and measuring a frequency of the estimated disparity;
- a disparity control amount determiner which determines a disparity control amount of the stereo-view or multi-view images by convoluting the generated disparity histogram and a characteristic function;
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- an image rearranger which rearranges stereo-view or multi-view input images by controlling parallax according to the disparity control amount.
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