An extension to texture mapping is given in this paper for improving theefficiency of image-based rendering. For a depth image with an orthogonal displacement at eachpixel, it is decomposed by the displacement into a ...An extension to texture mapping is given in this paper for improving theefficiency of image-based rendering. For a depth image with an orthogonal displacement at eachpixel, it is decomposed by the displacement into a series of layered textures (LTs) with each onehaving the same displacement for all its texels. Meanwhile, some texels of the layered textures areinterpolated for obtaining a continuous 3D approximation of the model represented in the depthimage. Thus, the plane-to-plane texture mapping can be used to map these layered textures to producenovel views and the advantages can be obtained as follows: accelerating the rendering speed,supporting the 3D surface details and view motion parallax, and avoiding the expensive task ofhole-filling in the rendering stage. Experimental results show the new method can producehigh-quality images and run faster than many famous image-based rendering techniques.展开更多
文摘An extension to texture mapping is given in this paper for improving theefficiency of image-based rendering. For a depth image with an orthogonal displacement at eachpixel, it is decomposed by the displacement into a series of layered textures (LTs) with each onehaving the same displacement for all its texels. Meanwhile, some texels of the layered textures areinterpolated for obtaining a continuous 3D approximation of the model represented in the depthimage. Thus, the plane-to-plane texture mapping can be used to map these layered textures to producenovel views and the advantages can be obtained as follows: accelerating the rendering speed,supporting the 3D surface details and view motion parallax, and avoiding the expensive task ofhole-filling in the rendering stage. Experimental results show the new method can producehigh-quality images and run faster than many famous image-based rendering techniques.