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US 2018/0293745 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for refining depth image
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsInwoo HA, Hyong Euk LEE, Minsu AHN, Young Hun SUNG
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Abstract
A method of refining a depth image includes extracting shading information of color pixels from a color image, and refining a depth image corresponding to the color image based on surface normal information of an object included in the shading information.
Claims25
A method of refining a depth image, the method comprising:
- extracting shading information of color pixels from a color image;
- and
- refining a depth image corresponding to the color image based on surface normal information of an object included in the shading information.
A depth image refining apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- extract shading information of color pixels from a color image, and
- refine a depth image corresponding to the color image based on surface normal information of an object included in the shading information.
A method of refining a depth image, the method comprising:
- determining a noise reducing method to be applied to a depth image based on surface normal information of an object in a color image corresponding to the depth image;
- and
- refining the depth image by applying the determined noise reducing method to the depth image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.