US 11,722,653 B2
Multi-pass add-on tool for coherent and complete view synthesis
Basel Salahieh, Santa Clara, CA (US); Sumit Bhatia, Folsom, CA (US); and Jill Boyce, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/217,588.
Application 17/217,588 is a continuation of application No. 16/456,197, filed on Jun. 28, 2019, granted, now 10,965,932.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/820,758, filed on Mar. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0329220 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 13/282 (2018.01); H04N 19/597 (2014.01); H04N 13/351 (2018.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 13/156 (2018.01); H04N 13/161 (2018.01)
CPC H04N 13/282 (2018.05) [G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); H04N 13/156 (2018.05); H04N 13/161 (2018.05); H04N 13/351 (2018.05); H04N 19/597 (2014.11); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to merge camera views, comprising:
at least one memory;
machine readable instructions; and
processor circuitry to execute the machine readable instructions to at least:
order a plurality of views based on (a) a target synthesized view and (b) parameters corresponding to the target synthesized view;
generate a first intermediate view synthesis result corresponding to a first one of the ordered plurality of views;
generate a second intermediate view synthesis result corresponding to a second one of the ordered plurality of views;
mask the first intermediate view synthesis result with a first mask; and
generate a final view synthesis result by merging the second intermediate view synthesis result with an output of the first mask.