Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Depth map calculation in a stereo camera system
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Application No.: US14864603Application Date: 2015-09-24
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Publication No.: US10237473B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Claus Molgaard , Thomas E. Bishop
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Blank Rome LLP
- Main IPC: H04N13/00
- IPC: H04N13/00 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N13/02 ; G06T7/593

Abstract:
A method for generating a depth map is described. The method includes obtaining a first image of a scene from a first image capture unit, the first image having a first depth-of-field (DOF), obtaining a second image of the scene from a second image capture unit, the second image having a second DOF that is different than the first DOF. Each pixel in the second image has a corresponding pixel in the first image. The method also includes generating a plurality of third images, each corresponding to a blurred version of the second image at each of a plurality of specified depths, generating a plurality of fourth images, each representing a difference between the first image and one or the plurality of third images, and generating a depth map where each pixel in the depth map is based on the pixels in one of the plurality of fourth images.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170069097A1 Depth Map Calculation in a Stereo Camera System Public/Granted day:2017-03-09
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