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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Peter Shintani, San Diego, CA (US);
Jose Omar Gonzalez Hernandez, Chula Vista, CA (US);
William Clay, San Diego, CA (US);
Pablo Antonio Espinosa, San Diego, CA (US);
Fred Ansfield, San Diego, CA (US);
Bibhudendu Mohapatra, San Diego, CA (US);
Keith Resch, San Diego, CA (US);
Morio Usami, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To reduce the random noise in a depth map that is rendered using colors to convey the various depths, pattern recognition may be used to selectively apply noise reduction or to modulate the strength of the noise reduction. In this way, the potential adverse effect on the detail/sharpness of the image can be ameliorated. For example, in an image of a person, the skin does not have any sharp edges so noise reduction can be applied to such an image with little adverse consequence, whereas noise reduction applied to the image of a person's eye can cause loss of the detail of the iris, eyelashes, etc. Using pattern recognition on objects in the image, the appropriate level of noise reduction can be applied across an image while minimizing blurring/loss of detail.