Device and method for estimating death map, method for making intermediate view and encoding multi-view using the same

The invention depth map estimation apparatus and method, the present invention relates to an intermediate image generation method and encoding method of the multi-view video using the same. More specifically, the divided areas into segments based on the similarity of the pixel, three-dimensional warping and after using the expanded gradient map that reflects its adaptation function obtained an initial depth map for the segment unit, the confidence Propagation segment unit by performing a refining the initial depth map, sikimyeo reduce the errors decrease the complexity it is possible to obtain a strong depth map to an external impact, soft point conversion and improved by generating an intermediate image in this depth map is utilized in encoding of multi-view video depth map to obtain a coding efficiency estimation apparatus and method, the present invention relates to a method of encoding of an intermediate image generation method and a multi-view video using the same. Depth map, segments, 3D warping, gradient map, trust diffusion, an intermediate image