Method and apparatus for estimating image motion using disparity information of a multi-view image
First Claim
1. A method of processing a multi-view image, the method comprising:
- extracting disparity information between an image of a first point of view and an image of a second point of view;
estimating a motion between two sequential images of the first point of view and a motion between two sequential images of the second point of view; and
generating intermediate image data for each point of view using the estimated motion,wherein the estimating comprises acquiring a motion vector between the two sequential images of the first point of view and a motion vector between the two sequential images of the second point of view, andcompensating the motion vector between the two sequential images of the first point of view using the extracted disparity information and compensating the motion vector between the two sequential images of the second point of view using the extracted disparity information, andwherein the motion vector for each point of view is compensated so that the intermediate image data for each point of view have a disparity which corresponds to the extracted disparity information.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing a multi-view image is provided. The method includes: extracting disparity information between an image of a first point of view and an image of a second point of view; and estimating a motion between two sequential images of the first point of view or the second point of view using the extracted disparity information. The apparatus may include a processor which is configured to extract disparity information between an image of a first point of view and an image of a second point of view in the multi-view image and is further configured to estimate a motion using the extracted disparity information between two sequential images of the first point of view or the second point of view.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of processing a multi-view image, the method comprising:
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extracting disparity information between an image of a first point of view and an image of a second point of view; estimating a motion between two sequential images of the first point of view and a motion between two sequential images of the second point of view; and generating intermediate image data for each point of view using the estimated motion, wherein the estimating comprises acquiring a motion vector between the two sequential images of the first point of view and a motion vector between the two sequential images of the second point of view, and compensating the motion vector between the two sequential images of the first point of view using the extracted disparity information and compensating the motion vector between the two sequential images of the second point of view using the extracted disparity information, and wherein the motion vector for each point of view is compensated so that the intermediate image data for each point of view have a disparity which corresponds to the extracted disparity information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for processing a multi-view image, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory for storing a multi-view image; and a processor which extracts disparity information between an image of a first point of view and an image of a second point of view in the multi-view image, estimates a motion between two sequential images of the first point of view and a motion between two sequential images of the second point of view, and generates intermediate image data for each point of view using the estimated motion, wherein the estimating comprises acquiring a motion vector between the two sequential images of the first point of view and a motion vector between the two sequential images of the second point of view, and compensating the motion vector between the two sequential images of the first point of view using the extracted disparity information and compensating the motion vector between the two sequential images of the second point of view using the extracted disparity information, and wherein the motion vector for each point of view is compensated so that the intermediate image data for each point of view have a disparity which corresponds to the extracted disparity information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a computer-readable program which executes a method of processing a video signal, wherein the program, when executed by a processor of a computer causes the computer to execute a method comprising:
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extracting disparity information between an image of a first point of view and an image of a second point of view; estimating a motion between two sequential images of the first point of view and a motion between two sequential images of the second point of view; and generating intermediate data for each point of view using the estimated motion, wherein the estimating comprises acquiring a motion vector between the two sequential images of the first point of view and a motion vector between the two sequential images of the second point of view, and compensating the motion vector between the two sequential images of the first point of view using the extracted disparity information and compensating the motion vector between the two sequential images of the second point of view using the extracted disparity information, and wherein the motion vector for each anoint of view is compensated so that the intermediate image data for each point of view have a disparity which corresponds to the extracted disparity information.
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17. An apparatus for processing a multi-view image, the apparatus comprising:
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at least two cameras each photographing two objects which are spaced apart from each other and spaced apart from the cameras; and a processor which is configured to extract disparity information between an image of a first point of view taken by a first camera and an image of a second point of view taken by a second camera in the multi-view image and is further configured to estimate a motion between two sequential images of the first point of view and a motion between two sequential images of the second point of view, wherein the estimating comprises acquiring a motion vector between the two sequential images of the first point of view and a motion vector between the two sequential images of the second point of view, and compensating the motion vector between the two sequential images of the first point of view using the extracted disparity information and compensating the motion vector between the two sequential images of the second point of view using the extracted disparity information.
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18. An apparatus for processing a multi-view image, the apparatus comprising:
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a first motion estimation module which estimates a motion between two sequential images of a first point of view; a second motion estimation module which estimates a motion between two sequential images of a second point of view; a disparity extraction module which extracts disparity information between an image of the first point of view and an image of the second point of view; and a motion estimation compensation module which compensates the estimated motion between the two sequential images of the first point of view and the estimated motion between the two sequential images of the second point of view, wherein the first motion estimation module acquires a motion vector between the two sequential images of the first point of view and the second motion estimation module acquires a motion vector between the two sequential images of the second point of view, and wherein the motion estimation compensation module compensates the motion vector between the two sequential images of the first point of view using the extracted disparity information and compensates the motion vector between the two sequential images of the second point of view using the extracted disparity information.
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