Invention Grant
US08350932B2 Image generation device and image generation method for generating a high-quality image by using information from a low-quality image
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用于通过使用来自低质量图像的信息来生成高质量图像的图像生成装置和图像生成方法
- Patent Title: Image generation device and image generation method for generating a high-quality image by using information from a low-quality image
- Patent Title (中): 用于通过使用来自低质量图像的信息来生成高质量图像的图像生成装置和图像生成方法
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Application No.: US13000743Application Date: 2008-07-30
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Publication No.: US08350932B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Masahiro Iwasaki , Lorcan MacManus , Neil Dodgson
- Applicant: Masahiro Iwasaki , Lorcan MacManus , Neil Dodgson
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- International Application: PCT/EP2008/006291 WO 20080730
- International Announcement: WO2010/012289 WO 20100204
- Main IPC: H04N5/262
- IPC: H04N5/262

Abstract:
Provided is an image generation device generating a high-quality image of an object under a pseudo light source at any desired position, based on geometric parameters generated from a low-quality image of the object. The image generation device includes: a geometric parameter calculation unit (102) that calculates a first geometric parameter regarding a surface structure from light source position, viewpoint position, and geometric normal information regarding the surface structure; a high-resolution database unit (103) that stores an exemplum indicating a mesostructure of a portion of the surface and has a spatial resolution higher than the geometric normal information; an exemplum expansion unit (104) that increases the exempla to be spatially expanded; a geometric parameter modification unit (105) that modifies the first geometric parameter using the increased exempla; and an image generation unit (106) that generates an output image by applying the modified geometric parameter to a reflection model.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110102641A1 IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2011-05-05
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