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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2005
Applicant:
Peter-andre Redert, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Peter-Andre Redert, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/48 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of generating a depth map () comprising depth values representing distances to a viewer, for respective pixels of an image (), is disclosed. The method comprises: determining a contour () on basis of pixel values of the image (), the contour comprising a collection of adjacent points; computing curvature vectors () at a number of the points; and assigning a first one of the depth values corresponding to the first one of the pixels on basis of the curvature vectors (-).