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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Myokan, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input image information generation processing sectiongenerates depth distribution feature information in accordance with the pixel value and depth value of a pixel in a peripheral region with respect to a pixel of interest of an input image. A previous image information generation processing sectionregards the pixel position of a pixel of interest in a previous image, which is an image earlier than the input guide image, as a corresponding pixel, and generates depth distribution feature information in accordance with the pixel value of the pixel of interest and the pixel value and depth value of a pixel in a previous image peripheral region with respect to the corresponding pixel. A merge control sectionsets a merge ratio in accordance with the amount of pixel information difference between the pixel of interest and the corresponding pixel. A depth value setting sectionmerges the depth distribution feature information generated by the input image information generation processing sectionwith the depth distribution feature information generated by the previous image information generation processing sectionat the merge ratio set by the merge control section, calculates a representative depth value from the merged depth distribution feature information, and regards the calculated representative depth value as the depth value of the pixel of interest. Spatiotemporal stability of a depth image can be improved.