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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2023
Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) Sas, Grenoble, FR;
Jeremie Teyssier, Grenoble, FR;
Cedric Tubert, Saint-Egreve, FR;
Thibault Augey, Grenoble, FR;
Thomas Bouchet, Fontanil-Cornillon, FR;
Abstract
A method comprises, for each pixel of a depth map, acquiring samples and calculating a distance, and defining a window of N*N pixels with this image pixel at the center, N being an odd integer equal to or greater than 3, and, for each window, classifying the pixels of the window into groups, based on a threshold and distances calculated, calculating for each group, a number of pixels in the group, a confidence factor of the group equal to a sum of the confidence factors of the pixels each determined from the samples acquired for the pixel, and scanning the window from the central pixel by comparing, for each pixel, the confidence factor of the group of the pixel with a threshold and the number of pixels of the group of the pixel with another threshold, and determining whether the central pixel is retained, replaced or discarded.