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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2020
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Yao, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Ando, Tokyo, JP;
Kana Kurata, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Niigaki, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Sagata, Tokyo, JP;
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Dense depth information can be generated using only a monocular image and sparse depth information. A depth hyper-resolving apparatusincludes: an input data processing unitthat outputs a hierarchical input image and hierarchical input depth information by resolution conversion in accordance with a predetermined number of tiers for an input image and input depth information; a depth continuity estimation unitthat derives hierarchical estimated depth continuity based on the hierarchical input image; a depth continuity mask deriving unitthat outputs a hierarchical depth continuity mask representing values of locations depending on whether a depth is continuous based on the hierarchical input image and the hierarchical estimated depth continuity; and a cost function minimization unitthat derives hyper-resolved depth information to minimize a cost function expressed by using the hierarchical input depth information, the hierarchical depth continuity mask, and the hyper-resolved depth information.