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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2012
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Julien Michot, Sundbyberg, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method for determining a depth of a target object in an environment is disclosed. The method comprises sensing a depth of objects within the environment with a depth sensing apparatus (), identifying a disocclusion gap caused by the target object (), detecting a position of edge contours of the disocclusion gap (), and calculating a depth of the target object from the position of the disocclusion gap edge contours and a position of the depth sensing apparatus (). Also disclosed are a computer program product for carrying out a method for determining a depth of a target object in an environment and an apparatus () for determining a depth of a target object in an environment.