METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING MULTI VIEW IMAGE

摘要

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating a multi-view image, which is capable of generating a mid-view image using two base views and generating hierarchically different mid-view image using the generated mid-view image. The method according to the present invention generates multi-view image information, and comprises: a first hierarchical image generating step for generating image information at a first virtual view between the base view 1 and the base view 2 using image information at the base view 1 and image information at the base view 2; and a second hierarchical image generating step for generating image information at a second virtual view between the base view 1 and the first virtual view using the image information at the base view 1 and image information at the first virtual view. [Reference numerals] (100) Multi-view image generation apparatus; (110) Information reception unit; (120) Sequential image generation unit; (122) Sequential interpolation generation unit; (124) Sequential extrapolation generation unit; (130) Hierarchical image generation unit; (132) Hierarchical interpolation generation unit; (134) Hierarchical extrapolation generation unit; (140) Random viewpoint image generation unit; (150) Image synthesis unit