Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for depth estimation based upon object magnification
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Application No.: US15456275Application Date: 2017-03-10
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Publication No.: US10277889B2Publication Date: 2019-04-30
- Inventor: James Wilson Nash , Venkata Ravi Kiran Dayana , Kalin Mitkov Atanassov
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Paradice and Li LLP
- Main IPC: G06T7/571
- IPC: G06T7/571 ; H04N13/271 ; H04N13/236 ; G06T7/593 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for determining a depth of an object within a scene are provided. Image data of a scene can be captured using a lens configured to project an image of the scene onto an image sensor. The lens has a known focal length and is movable between at least a first lens position and a second lens position. A first image of the scene is captured with the lens at a first lens position, and a second image of the scene is captured with the lens at a second, different position. By measuring a first dimension of the object using the first image and a second dimension of the object using the second image, a depth of the object may be determined based upon a ratio of the first and second dimensions, the focal length of the lens, and a distance between the first and second lens positions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180184070A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEPTH ESTIMATION BASED UPON OBJECT MAGNIFICATION Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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