Low Complexity Disparity Estimation and Object-Based Image Synthesis for Multi-Viewpoint Stereoscopic Videoconferencing
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چکیده
This paper focuses the realization of a low complexity disparity estimator and the generation of arbitrary intermediate views for typical stereo videoconference sequences. The method presented has been optimized in order to achieve a very low hardware complexity keeping a good performance with regard to the addressed application. A first hardware realization of the estimator is described. Additionally, an object-based approach to synthesize intermediate views is presented. The performance of the system is verified by several computer simulations.
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