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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/007 (2013.01); G06K 9/00208 (2013.01); G06K 9/3266 (2013.01); H04N 21/4884 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A right image and a left image is provided. Then a disparity estimation map relating to both images is provided and a left subtitle detection map for the left image and a right subtitle detection map for the right image are generated. Each map indicates subtitle areas within an image. For said subtitle areas and based on said disparity estimation map a subtitle disparity value for X and Y directions common for all subtitle areas is determined. Said left and right subtitle maps and said subtitle X and Y disparity values are used in an image interpolation process.