View synthesis based on spatio-temporal continuity

Abstract

Free viewpoint video is generated on the basis of a video plus depth (V+D) virtual point rendering framework. Because of the limited bandwidth of video transmission, depth-image-based rendering (DIBR) has become a common method. Most DIBR methods not only have holes and ghost artifacts but also have problems with time continuity, leading to frequent flickers. In this paper, we make full use of time domain information in video sequences and adjacent frames to extract the static background image of the whole scene. Furthermore, we propose a weighted-fusion hole-filling method based on static background to fill holes and maintain time continuity. Experimental results show that the proposed method can improve the quality of virtual view images and strengthen spatio-temporal continuity.