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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Satoru Torii, Fuchu, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); G06T 7/579 (2017.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); H04N 13/243 (2018.01); H04N 13/128 (2018.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 7/579 (2017.01); G06T 7/596 (2017.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); H04N 13/128 (2018.05); H04N 13/243 (2018.05); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus that calculates three-dimensional information on a subject by a corresponding point search by taking one of three or more disparity images including the common subject to be a base image and one of the disparity images other than the base image to be a reference image, and includes: a search unit configured to search corresponding points base on an evaluation value in relation to a luminance gradient on an epi-polar line in each of the disparity images other the base image.