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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Tadanori Tezuka, Fukuoka, JP;
Yoshiteru Tanaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Masahiro Ohashi, Fukuoka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A histogram generator generates a histogram that indicates a count of pixels of a designated color in association with coordinates along a basic axis of a screen, for frame image data obtained by filming a real space. A histogram smoother performs smoothing of the generated histogram. A three-dimensional coordinates generator selects a value associated with particular coordinates from among the counts indicated in the smoothed histogram, and performs depth value determination for a target object using the selected value.