A stereoscopic enhancement algorithm based on monocular image

In this paper, a new algorithm to achieve the stereo display from the monocular image was proposed, which is based on the 3D reconstruction algorithm together with the mutual information image matching algorithm. The 3D shape was firstly reconstructed from the gray image by an improved SFS (shape from shading) algorithm, and then the simulated human visual model was used to project the contours of stereo image pairs from the reconstructed 3D shape. After registering these contours, the stereo display was realized from one monocular image. The experimental results show that the stereo image pairs derived by this algorithm could meet the demand of stereo display from monocular image.