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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, CN;
ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, CN;
Abstract
A depth estimation method for a monocular image based on a multi-scale CNN and a continuous CRF is disclosed in this invention. A CRF module is adopted to calculate a unary potential energy according to the output depth map of a DCNN, and the pairwise sparse potential energy according to input RGB images. MAP (maximum a posteriori estimation) algorithm is used to infer the optimized depth map at last. The present invention integrates optimization theories of the multi-scale CNN with that of the continuous CRF. High accuracy and a clear contour are both achieved in the estimated depth map; the depth estimated by the present invention has a high resolution and detailed contour information can be kept for all objects in the scene, which provides better visual effects.