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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hui Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Yongjie Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Fei Duan, Beijing, CN;
Haoxing Wang, Beijing, CN;
Jaejoon Han, Seoul, KR;
Jungbae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Meng Ye, Beijing, CN;
Seon Min Rhee, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and corresponding method are provided to match images and include assigning depth candidate values to a pixel in a first image, and reassigning third depth candidate values to a first pixel in the first image based on first depth candidate values assigned to the first pixel and second depth candidate values assigned to a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel. The apparatus and method also include determining one of the third depth candidate values to be a depth value of the first pixel, and matching the first pixel and a third pixel in a second image corresponding to the determined depth value of the first pixel.