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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2013
Method and apparatus for image enhancement and edge verification using at least one additional image
Lsi Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Denis V. Parfenov, Moscow, RU;
Denis V. Parkhomenko, Moscow, RU;
Ivan L. Mazurenko, Moscow, RU;
Denis V. Zaytsev, Moscow, RU;
Dmitry N. Babin, Moscow, RU;
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An image processing system comprises an image processor configured to perform first and second edge detection operations on respective first and second images to obtain respective first and second edge images, to apply a joint edge weighting operation using edges from the first and second edge images, to generate an edge mask based on results of the edge weighting operation, to utilize the edge mask to obtain a third edge image, and to generate a third image based on the third edge image. By way of example only, in a given embodiment the first image may comprise a first depth image generated by a depth imager, the second image may comprise a two-dimensional image of substantially the same scene as the first image, and the third image may comprise an enhanced depth image having enhanced edge quality relative to the first depth image.