In multi-view video system, multiple video plus depth is main data format of 3D scene representation. Continuous virtual
views can be generated by using depth image based rendering (DIBR) technique. DIBR process includes geometric
mapping, hole filling and merging. Unique weights, inversely proportional to the distance between the virtual and real
cameras, are used to merge the virtual views. However, the weights might not the optimal ones in terms of virtual view
quality. In this paper, a novel virtual view merging algorithm is proposed. In the proposed algorithm, machine learning
method is utilized to establish an optimal weight model. In the model, color, depth, color gradient and sequence
parameters are taken into consideration. Firstly, we render the same virtual view from left and right views, and select the
training samples by using a threshold. Then, the eigenvalues of the samples are extracted and the optimal merging
weights are calculated as training labels. Finally, support vector classifier (SVC) is adopted to establish the model which
is used for guiding virtual views rendering. Experimental results show that the proposed method can improve the quality
of virtual views for most sequences. Especially, it is effective in the case of large distance between the virtual and real
cameras. And compared to the original method of virtual view synthesis, the proposed method can obtain more than
0.1dB gain for some sequences.
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