Removing the cardboard effect in stereoscopic images using smoothed depth maps

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7524, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shimono, Koichi ^a   Tam, Wa James ^b   Vázquez, Carlos ^b   Speranza, Filippo ^b   Renaud, Ron ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D; 3D TV; Cardboard effect; Depth image based rendering; Depth map smoothing; Depth maps; Depth quality

Indexed keywords

DEPTH IMAGE BASED RENDERING; DEPTH MAP; DEPTH MAP SMOOTHING; EYE IMAGES; LOW-PASS; SINGLE SOURCE; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE; VISUAL COMFORT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77949634873     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.839396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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