Processing multi-view digital images

An apparatus for generating an enhanced digital image comprising a plurality of pixels, said apparatus comprising:

• a memory for storing data and a computer program for a processor;
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• a processor coupled to said memory for executing the computer program stored in said memory to provide the enhanced digital image, the computer program comprising:
• (a) computer program code means for using a first digital image captured by a first camera and parity bits generated from a second digital image captured by a second camera to construct a third digital image, the third digital image having a viewpoint matching the second camera, the second camera capturing the second digital image at a resolution lower than the resolution of the first camera capturing the first digital image;
• (b) computer program code means for determining a disparity map dependent upon the first digital image and the third digital image;
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• (c) computer program code means for enhancing the third image dependent upon the determined disparity map and the first digital image to generate the enhanced digital image, the enhanced digital image having a viewpoint corresponding to a viewpoint of the third digital image and having a resolution greater than the second digital image.

An image processing apparatus for generating an enhanced digital image comprising a plurality of pixels, said apparatus comprising:

• a constructing unit configured to construct, using a first image captured by a first camera and parity bits generated from a second camera, a third digital image, the third digital image having a viewpoint matching the second camera, the second camera capturing the second digital image at a resolution lower than the resolution of the first camera capturing the first digital image;
• a determining unit configured to determine a disparity map dependent upon the first digital image and the third digital image;
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• an enhancing unit configured to enhance the third digital image dependent upon the determined disparity map and the first digital image to generate the enhanced digital image, the enhanced digital image having a viewpoint corresponding to a viewpoint of the third digital image and having a resolution greater than the second digital image.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a computer program for generating an enhanced digital image comprising a plurality of pixels, the computer program comprising:

• computer program code means for using a first digital image captured by a first camera and parity bits generated from a second digital image captured by a second camera to construct a third digital image, the third digital image having a viewpoint matching the second camera, the second camera capturing the second digital image at a resolution lower than the resolution of said the camera capturing the first digital image;
• computer program code means for determining a disparity map dependent upon the first digital image and the third digital image;
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• computer program code means for enhancing the third image dependent upon the determined disparity map and the first digital image to generate the enhanced digital image, the enhanced digital image having a viewpoint corresponding to a viewpoint of the third digital image and having a resolution greater than the second digital image.