View Synthesis from Two Unrectified Images

Interpolating views of real objects allows rendering realistic virtual views created without explicit 3D models. This paper proposes a method for rendering arbitrary views from a pair of uncalibrated images. The proposed method utilizes the matching of sparse edge points along epipolar lines instead of computing the entire dense disparity map for the view interpolation. Unavoidably, morphing image patches out of the field-of-view introduces holes in the virtual view. We fills such holes in a synthesized virtual view by blending neighboring colors. The experimental results show the viability of the proposed method for the wide baseline images on which a dense disparity is difficult to be obtained.