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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Gazi Ali, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kensuke Miyagi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Florian Ciurea, San Jose, CA (US);
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Nabesako, Tokyo, JP;
Gazi Ali, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kensuke Miyagi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Florian Ciurea, San Jose, CA (US);
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Nabesako, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating a dense depth map. In one embodiment, the method includes applying a joint bilateral filter to a first depth map to generate a second depth map, where at least one filter weight of the joint bilateral filter is adapted based upon content of an image represented by the first depth map, and the second depth map has a higher resolution than the first depth map.