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Automatic 2D-to-stereoscopic video conversion

  • US 9,414,048 B2
  • Filed: 12/09/2011
  • Issued: 08/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for generating a stereoscopic view from a 2D image of a scene, comprising using a computing device to perform steps for:

  • receiving a set of arbitrary images having known per-pixel depth information for one or more features in each of the arbitrary images;

    receiving one or more input images;

    for each of the input images, evaluating the set of arbitrary images to find one or more candidate images that are similar to each corresponding input image;

    estimating a per-pixel depth for each of the input images using the per-pixel depth information for features of the corresponding candidate images; and

    for each input image, synthesizing at least one new view corresponding to each input image from a combination of the input image and the corresponding estimated per-pixel depth information.

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