| Abstract | In this paper, we propose a new scheme to
generate multi-view video-plus-depth using a hybrid
camera system, which is composed of one depth camera
and multiple video cameras. In order to create the three-dimensional
(3-D) video, we first calculate the initial
disparity for each view by projecting depth camera data
onto each video camera using 3-D image warping. Then, a
stereo matching algorithm is applyed to estimate the final
disparity from the initial disparity in each view. Finally, we
convert the final disparity into depth information in each
frame to generate a multi-view depth map. Experimental
results show that the proposed hybrid camera system not
only provides high-qualtiy depth information for 3-D
realistic broadcasting services, but also minimizes inherent
problems of the conventional depth camera system. |