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Method and apparatus for enhanced stereo vision

US8718387B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 12, 2011
Grant dateMay 6, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20112
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for segmenting an image are provided. The method may include the steps of clustering pixels from one of a plurality of images into one or more segments, determining one or more unstable segments changing by more than a predetermined threshold from a prior of the plurality of images, determining one or more segments transitioning from an unstable to a stable segment, determining depth for one or more of the one or more segments that have changed by more than the predetermined threshold, determining depth for one or more of the one or more transitioning segments, and combining the determined depth for the one or more unstable segments and the one or more transitioning segments with a predetermined depth of all segments changing less than the predetermined threshold from the prior of the plurality of images.

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