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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:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Peter-andre Redert, Eindhoven, NL;
Fabian Edgar Ernst, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Peter-Andre Redert, Eindhoven, NL;
Fabian Edgar Ernst, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (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: computing a cost value for a first one of the pixels () of the image by combining differences between values of pixels which are disposed on a path () from the first one of the pixels () to a second one of the pixels () which belongs to a predetermined subset of the pixels of the image; and assigning a first one of the depth values corresponding to the first one of the pixels () on basis of the cost value.