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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Vikram Appia, Atlanta, GA (US);
Rajesh Narasimha, Plano, TX (US);
Aziz Umit Batur, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for converting a two dimensional image or video to three dimensional image or video. The method includes segmenting objects in at least one of a two dimensional image and video, performing, in the digital processor, a depth map generation based on low-level features, performing face detection and scene classification on at least one of a two dimensional image and video, and utilizing face detection and scene classification in enhancing the depth map and for converting the at least one of a two dimensional image and video to three dimensional image and video.