METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A DEPTH-MAP
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1. Method of processing a depth-map (875), the method comprising:
- obtaining a depth-map based on a lossy compressed depth-map, the depth-map comprising depth information of a scene from a viewpoint, the scene comprising an object,obtaining occlusion information for the scene from the viewpoint, the occlusion information comprising information occluded by the object in the depth-map, andprocessing at least part of the depth information using at least part of the occlusion information in order to reduce compression artifacts in the depth-map.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device and apparatus for processing a depth-map 710, the method comprising obtaining a depth-map 710 based on a lossy compressed depth-map, the depth-map 710 comprising depth information of a scene from a viewpoint, the scene comprising an object, obtaining occlusion information for the scene from the viewpoint, the occlusion information comprising information occluded by the object in the depth-map 710, and processing at least part of the depth information using at least part of the occlusion information in order to reduce compression artifacts in the depth-map 710.
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1. Method of processing a depth-map (875), the method comprising:
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obtaining a depth-map based on a lossy compressed depth-map, the depth-map comprising depth information of a scene from a viewpoint, the scene comprising an object, obtaining occlusion information for the scene from the viewpoint, the occlusion information comprising information occluded by the object in the depth-map, and processing at least part of the depth information using at least part of the occlusion information in order to reduce compression artifacts in the depth-map. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Device (800) for processing a depth-map (875), the device comprising:
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means (805) arranged to obtain a depth-map based on a lossy compressed depth-map, the depth-map comprising depth information of a scene from a viewpoint, the scene comprising an object, means (810) arranged to obtain occlusion information for the scene from the viewpoint, the occlusion information comprising information occluded by the object in the depth-map, and means (815) arranged to process at least part of the depth information using at least part of the occlusion information in order to reduce compression artifacts in the depth-map (875).
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