METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND PROCESSING DEPTH-ENHANCED IMAGES

摘要

A method for generating and processing depth-enhanced images comprises the steps of - providing an image of a scene (10); - computing a depth-enhanced representation of the scene (10) comprising information on the relative position of scene elements in (real or virtual) 3D space, wherein each scene element (23) corresponds to a particular object (12) in the scene and to an image segment generated by observing the object with the physical camera; -inputting one or more annotation elements (24) and information on the relative position of the one or more annotation elements (24) with regard to the scene elements (23); - defining camera parameters of a viewing camera; - rendering, by means of a rendering processor (7), a rendered image as seen by the viewing camera, wherein the one or more annotation (24) elements are shown in a spatially consistent relation to the scene elements (23).