Automatically Synthesising Virtual Viewpoints by Trinocular Image Interpolation

Pollard, Stephen ; Hayes, Sean ; Pilu, Maurizio ; Lorusso, Adele

HP Development Company

关键词: virtual environments;    image processing;    image-based rendering;   

RP-ID  :  HPL-98-05

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: HP Labs

【 摘 要 】

We present a computationally simple and fully automatic method for creating virtual views of a scene by interpolating between three images obtained from different viewpoints. The technique is intended to give an immersive experience and a sense of viewing a real environment. The method uses correspondence points identified in the primary images. The matching of corresponding locations in the images is edge-based and relies on the automatic extraction of suitable epipolar geometries. The resulting edge correspondences are then interpolated and used in an efficient morphing algorithm that operates one scan- line at a time to perform image synthesis. 11 Pages