Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-of-flight depth image processing systems and methods
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Application No.: US16160723Application Date: 2018-10-15
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Publication No.: US11209528B2Publication Date: 2021-12-28
- Inventor: Charles Mathy , Nicolas Le Dortz , Richard Haltmaier
- Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Agency: Patent Capital Group
- Main IPC: G06K9/40
- IPC: G06K9/40 ; G01S7/4865 ; H04N13/254 ; G01S17/894 ; G06T7/13 ; H04N13/128 ; H04N13/271 ; G01S17/10 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
Time of Flight (ToF) depth image processing methods. Depth edge preserving filters are disclosed with superior performance to standard edge preserving filters applied to depth maps. In particular, depth variance is estimated and used to filter while preserving depth edges. In doing so, filter strength is calculated which can be used as an edge detector. A confidence map is generated with low confidence at pixels straddling a depth edge, and which reflects the reliability of the depth measurement at each pixel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190113606A1 TIME-OF-FLIGHT DEPTH IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2019-04-18
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