Abstract

In this paper, a novel depth extraction scheme using a computational integral imaging reconstruction (CIIR) technique is proposed. With the CIIR method depth-dependent object images can be computationally reconstructed along the output plane. Here only the images reconstructed at the output planes where threedimensional (3-D) objects were located are clearly focused, so that depth data of 3-D objects can be extracted by discriminating these focused output images from the other ones using an image separation technique. A feasibility test of the proposed CIIR-based depth extraction method was carried out and its results were discussed as well.

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