Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for determining a depth map for an image
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Application No.: US15569184Application Date: 2016-05-06
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Publication No.: US10580154B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Christiaan Varekamp
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP15168577 20150521
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/060221 WO 20160506
- International Announcement: WO2016/184700 WO 20161124
- Main IPC: G06T7/593
- IPC: G06T7/593 ; G06K9/32 ; H04N13/128 ; G06T5/00 ; G06T7/11 ; G06T7/143 ; G06K9/00 ; G06K9/62 ; G06T5/30 ; H04N13/183 ; H04N13/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for determining a depth map for an image comprises an image unit (105) which provides an image with an associated depth map comprising depth values for at least some pixels of the image. A probability unit (107) determines a probability map for the image comprising probability values indicative of a probability that pixels belong to a text image object. A depth unit (109) generates a modified depth map where the modified depth values are determined as weighted combinations of the input values and a text image object depth value corresponding to a preferred depth for text. The weighting is dependent on the probability value for the pixels. The approach provides a softer depth modification for text objects resulting in reduced artefacts and degradations e.g. when performing view shifting using depth maps.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180150964A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A DEPTH MAP FOR AN IMAGE Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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