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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Qiang Huo, Beijing, CN;
Yuseok Ban, Seoul, KR;
Qiang Huo, Beijing, CN;
Yuseok Ban, Seoul, KR;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An image processing method and an apparatus () are provided, the method includes: obtaining a depth image of a protuberant object (); selecting a plurality of test points placed on a circle around a pixel in the depth image as a center point of the circle; calculating a protuberance value of the center point based on a comparison between the depth value of the center point and the depth value of each of the selected test points (); and determining one or more salient points of the protuberant object by using the protuberance value of each pixel in the depth image ().