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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2012
Applicants:
Pingshan LI, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kensuke Miyagi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Florian Ciurea, San Jose, CA (US);
Tomonori Shuda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Pingshan Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kensuke Miyagi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Florian Ciurea, San Jose, CA (US);
Tomonori Shuda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G06T 7/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for generating a direction confidence measure includes a camera sensor device that captures blur images of a photographic target. A depth estimator calculates matching errors for the blur images. The depth estimator then generates the direction confidence measure by utilizing the matching errors and a dynamic optimization constant that is selected depending upon image characteristics of the blur images.