A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING A 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SEQUENCE

摘要

A method for simulating a 3-D image sequence from a sequence of 2-D image frames (110), the method comprising: capturing a plurality of 2-D image frames (110) of a scene from a plurality of different observation points, wherein a first, proximal plane and a second, distal plane is identified within each image frame (110) in the sequence, and wherein each observation point maintains substantially the same first, proximal image plane for each image frame; determining a depth estimate for the first, proximal and second, distal plane within each image frame in the sequence; aligning the first, proximal plane of each image frame (110) in the sequence and shifting the second, distal plane of each subsequent image frame (110) in the sequence based on the depth estimate of the second, distal plane for each image frame (110), to produce a modified image frame corresponding to each 2-D image frame; and displaying the modified image frames sequentially. Also disclosed is a system comprising means for carrying out the above method.