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`(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2009/0219383 A1
`PASSMORE
`(43) Pub. Date:
`Sep. 3, 2009
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`US 200902193 83A1
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`(54) IMAGE DEPTH AUGMENTATION SYSTEM
`AND METHOD
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`(76) Inventorl
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`Correspondence Address:
`DALINA LAW GROUP, P_C_
`7910 IVANHOE AVE #325
`LA JOLLA, C A 92037 (Us)
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`(21) Appl' NO"
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`12/341’992
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`(22) Filed:
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`Dec. 22, 2008
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`Related US. Application Data
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`(60) Provisional application No. 61/016,355, ?led on Dec.
`21, 2007.
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`Publication Classi?cation
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`(51) Int CL
`(2006.01)
`H04N 13/00
`(52) us. Cl. ................................. .. 348/44; 348/E13.001
`(57)
`ABSTRACT
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`Image depth augmentation system and method for providing
`three-dimensional vieWs from a two-dimensional image.
`Depth information is assigned by the system to areas of a ?rst
`image via a depth map. Foreground objects are enlarged to
`cover empty areas in the background as seen from a second
`viewpoint at an offset distance from a ?rst viewpoint of the
`?rst image. The enlarged objects are used to regenerate the
`?rst image and to generate the second image so that empty
`background areas are covered With the enlarged foreground
`objects. The resulting image pair may be vieWed using any
`type of three-dimensional encoding and vieWing apparatus.
`Can use existing masks from non-3D projects to perform
`depth augmentation and dither mask edges to provide for
`realistic soft edges for depth augmented objects.
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