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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Te-chin Shao, Taichung, TW;
Wen-chao Chen, Kaohsiung, TW;
Te-Chin Shao, Taichung, TW;
Wen-Chao Chen, Kaohsiung, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An image processing method for providing corresponding depth information according to an input image is provided. This method includes the following steps. First, a reference image is generated according to the input image. Next, the input image and the reference image are divided into a number of input image blocks and a number of reference image blocks, respectively. Then, according to a number of input pixel data of each input image block and a number of reference pixel data of each reference image block, respective variance magnitudes of the input image blocks are obtained. Next, the input image is divided into a number of segmentation regions. Then, the depth information is generated according to the corresponding variance magnitudes of the input image blocks which each segmentation region covers substantially.