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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Jian Sun, Beijing, CN;
Yin LI, Beijing, CN;
Sing Bing Kang, Redmond, WA (US);
Heung-yeung Shum, Beijing, CN;
Jian Sun, Beijing, CN;
Yin Li, Beijing, CN;
Sing Bing Kang, Redmond, WA (US);
Heung-Yeung Shum, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present symmetric stereo matching technique provides a method for iteratively estimating a minimum energy for occlusion and disparity using belief propagation. The minimum energy is based on an energy minimization framework in which a visibility constraint is embedded. By embedding the visibility constraint, the present symmetric stereo matching technique treats both images equally, instead of treating one as a reference image. The visibility constraint ensures that occlusion in one view and the disparity in another view are consistent.