Optical flow estimation using 4-dimensional cost volume processing
US10467768B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20084
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are provided for estimation of optical flow between images using 4-dimensional cost volume processing. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes extracting a first set of feature vectors from a first image and extracting a second set of feature vectors from a second image. Each feature vector of the first set is associated with a pixel of the first image and each feature vector of the second set is associated with a pixel of the second image. The method further includes constructing a 4-dimensional (4D) cost volume to store a distance metric between each feature vector of the first set of feature vectors and a selected subset of feature vectors of the second set of feature vectors. The method further includes performing a flow-semi-global matching (Flow-SGM) on the 4D cost volume to estimate an optical flow vector for pixels of the first image.
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