Image processing method and apparatus for generating disparity value

摘要

A method and apparatus for processing an image is provided. The image processing apparatus may adjust or generate a disparity of a pixel, by assigning similar disparities to two pixels that are adjacent to each other and have similar pixels. The image processing apparatus may generate a final disparity map that may minimize energy, based on an image and an initial disparity map, under a predetermined constraint. A soft constraint or a hard constraint may be used as the constraint.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive an image comprising color information of pixels and an initial disparity map comprising disparity information of the pixels, wherein disparity information for at least some of the pixels in the initial disparity map is undetermined; a constraint determining processor configured to determine a constraint; and a generator configured to generate a final disparity map by assigning similar disparities to two pixels that are adjacent to each other and that have similar colors, among the pixels, under the determined constraint, the final disparity map comprising a disparity value for each of the pixels.