Disparity interpolation for image synthesis

This paper reports a novel technique to synthesize new images from two orig inal views snapped by a weakly calibrated perspective camera. The synthesis process is based on disparity interpolation and rectification and it requi res neither 3D-scene information nor additional constraints from the two or iginal views. Two algorithms are proposed: direct disparity interpolation ( DDI) and projective basis generating algorithm (PBGA). Experiments show tha t the synthesized wire-frames are physically valid. (C) 2000 Published by E lsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.