Abstract: A method of predicting scattering of an electromagnetic (EM) wave incident on a surface with location-dependent scattering properties such as an engineered electromagnetic surface is based on generalized Snell's Law and includes offsetting a direction of scattering by a vector determined based on the properties of the surface at a particular point of incidence. The method solves the problem of “exact path calculation,” by exhaustive search of possible locations for points of incidence, followed by a fine approach, both steps using the data describing the local properties of the surface.

Abstract: Depth maps are generated from a monoscopic source images and asymmetrically smoothed to a near-saturation level. Each depth map contains depth values focused on edges of local regions in the source image. Each edge is defined by a predetermined image parameter having an estimated value exceeding a predefined threshold. The depth values are based on the corresponding estimated values of the image parameter. The depth map is used to process the source image by a depth image based rendering algorithm to create at least one deviated image, which forms with the source image a set of monoscopic images. At least one stereoscopic image pair is selected from such a set for use in generating different viewpoints for multiview and stereoscopic purposes, including still and moving images.