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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2015
Lingyan Liang, Beijing, CN;
Ying Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Liyan Liu, Beijing, CN;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method comprising steps of conducting image preprocessing so as to respectively obtain a candidate object region including a foreground image in a depth map and a color image; determining whether it is necessary to conduct a region growing process with respect to the candidate object region of the depth map; in the former case, conducting the region growing process with respect to the candidate object region of the depth map; and conducting, after the region growing process is conducted with respect to the candidate object region of the depth map, a depth value restoration process with respect to a candidate region.