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Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2019
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kazuya Nobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/14 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/006 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/232122 (2018.08); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01);
Abstract

A distance information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor that function as an acquirer configured to acquire a distance image signal constituted by a plurality of distances to an object in a depth direction in regions of an image signal. The memory and processor also function as a determiner configured to determine positional confidence of the distances for the regions of the image signal based on differences among a plurality of positions in an in-plane direction perpendicular to the depth direction, the plurality of positions respectively corresponding to the plurality of distance in the depth direction. The determiner is further configured to determine the positional confidence based on an image SN ratio of the image signal.


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