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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Khang Nguyen, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Monobe, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06K 9/46 (2013.01); G06T 5/001 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); H04N 13/0011 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus is provided which includes: a feature calculation unit which calculates feature quantities of respective pixels included in an input image; a reliability level obtaining unit which obtains reliability level information indicating reliability levels of respective depth values indicating depths of the respective pixels; and a depth correction unit which corrects the depth values included in input depth information, using the reliability levels and the feature quantities, to generate output depth information.