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Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2012
Applicant:

Shingo Kida, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shingo Kida, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

JVC Kenwood Corporation, Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/50 (2011.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/026 (2013.01);
Abstract

A depth estimation data generating device includes a difference data generator and negative and positive shift amount generators. The difference data generator calculates the difference between a non-stereo image and the average value data of the average brightness of the non-stereo image to generate the difference data. The negative shift amount generator generates a negative shift amount, wherein the difference data generated using the minimum value data of the minimum brightness of the non-stereo image has a minimum value of shift amount and the shift amount approaches zero from the minimum value as the difference data approaches zero. The positive shift amount generator generates a positive shift amount, wherein the difference data generated using the maximum value data of the maximum brightness of the non-stereo image has a maximum value of shift amount and the shift amount approaches zero from the maximum value as the difference data approaches zero.


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