APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MATCHING BINOCULAR/MULTI-VIEW STEREO USING FOREGROUND/BACKGROUND SEPARATION AND IMAGE SEGMENTATION

摘要

A binocular/multi-view stereo matching apparatus using object/background separation and image segmentation and a method therefor are provided to classify a binocular/multi-view image acquired from a video device into an object region and a background region, segment the binocular/multi-view image according to the classified regions, and perform stereo matching on the basis of the segmented regions to reduce mismatching by a shielding region. A region judging unit(130) classifies and judges a region of a binocular/multi-view image into an object region and a background region, and generates object and background separation information for the binocular/multi-view image according to the judged result. A disparity estimating unit(140) segments the binocular/multi-view image according to a similar region, and separately obtains an object disparity map and a background disparity map by using the segmented binocular/multi-view image and the generated object and background separation information. A disparity map synthesizing unit(150) synthesizes the object disparity map and the background disparity map, and generates a scene disparity map for the binocular/multi-view image.