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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Christiaan Varekamp, Veldhoven, NL;
Patrick Luc Els Vandewalle, Oud-Turnhout, BE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus receives an image and an associated depth map comprising input depth values. A contour detector () detects contours in the image. A model processor () generates a contour depth model for a contour by fitting a depth model to input depth values for the contour. A depth value determiner () determines a depth model depth value for at least a one pixel of the contour from the contour depth model. The depth model may e.g. correspond to a single depth value which e.g. may be set to a maximum input depth value. A modifier () generates a modified depth map from the associated depth map by modifying depth values of the associated depth map. This includes generating a modified depth value for a pixel in the modified depth map in response to the depth model depth value. The depth model depth value may e.g. replace the input depth value for the pixel.