Qualcomm Incorporated

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

William Mantzel

Ramin Rezaiifar

Chiachi Sung

Jungwon Lee

Dongwoon Bai

A method and an electronic device are provided for recovering a depth map from an observed infrared (IR) image. Speckles are illuminated in an IR spectrum by a projector of the electronic device. Speckles on a horizon image are captured by an IR camera of the electronic device. Projector distortion is estimated based on speckle locations in the horizon image.

Method and apparatus for active depth sensing and calibration method thereof

In general, techniques are described that facilitate processing of color image data using both a mono image data and a color image data. A device comprising a monochrome camera, a color camera and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The monochrome camera may be configured to capture monochrome image data of a scene. The color camera may be configured to capture color image data of the scene. The processor may be configured to perform intensity equalization with respect to a luma component of either the color image data or the monochrome image data to correct for differences in intensity between the color camera and the monochrome camera.

Performing intensity equalization with respect to mono and color images

In general, techniques are described that facilitate processing of color image data using both a mono image data and a color image data. A device comprising a monochrome camera, a color camera, and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The monochrome camera may capture monochrome image data of a scene. The color camera may capture color image data of the scene. A processor may determine a parallax value indicative of a level of parallax between the monochrome image data and the color image data and determine that the parallax is greater than the parallax threshold. The processor may further combine, in response to the determination that the parallax is greater than the parallax threshold, a luma component of the color image data with a luma component of the monochrome image data to generate a luma component of enhanced color image data.

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William Mantzel