SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION, PROCESSING, AND RENDERING OF STEREOSCOPIC AND MULTI-VIEW IMAGES

摘要

A digital image processing system takes color plus Z channel data as input, preprocesses, decimates, and codes the Z channel in-band as digital watermark data embedded within the color data prior to encoding and transmission. A second digital image processing system receives, decodes, and extracts the decimated Z channel data before applying statistical regularization to restore a full-resolution Z channel prior to depth-image-based rendering.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
extracting, by a computer processor, a depth map and color data from at least one 3D image; reducing, by the computer processor, bandwidth of the depth map to produce reduced bandwidth depth map; inserting, by the computer processor, the reduced bandwidth depth map into the color data to produce a reduced bandwidth 3D image; and transmitting, by the computer processor, the reduced bandwidth 3D image into a transmission channel for delivery to a display.