Method for increasing resolutions of depth images

O Tuzel, MY Liu, Y Taguchi - US Patent 8,983,177, 2015 - Google Patents
A resolution of a low resolution depth image is increased by applying joint geodesic
upsampling to a high resolution image to obtain a geodesic distance map. Depths in the low …

Method for increasing resolutions of depth images

O Tuzel, MY Liu, Y Taguchi - US Patent 9,576,338, 2017 - Google Patents
A resolution of a low resolution depth image is increased by applying joint geodesic
upsampling to a high resolution image to obtain a geodesic distance map. Depths in the low …

Method for generating high resolution depth images from low resolution depth images using edge information

DB Graziosi, D Tian, A Vetro - US Patent App. 13/366,321, 2013 - Google Patents
A method interpolates and filters a depth image with reduced resolution to recover a high
resolution depth image using edge information, wherein each depth image includes an …

Method for Generating High Resolution Depth Images from Low Resolution Depth Images Using Edge Layers

DB Graziosi, D Tian, A Vetro - US Patent App. 13/538,505, 2012 - Google Patents
A method interpolates and filters a depth image with reduced resolution to recover a high
resolution depth image using edge information, wherein each depth image includes an …

Image processing method

HS Lim, BM Kang, KC Lee, SJ Kim - US Patent 8,305,377, 2012 - Google Patents
An image processing method which determines and depth-unfolds a depth folding region in
an input depth image. A depth folding region of an input depth image may be determined …

Apparatus and method for processing depth image

IS Lim, JJ Lee - US Patent App. 13/352,935, 2012 - Google Patents
An apparatus and method for processing a depth image are provided. A compressed depth
image may be divided into a plurality of regions, and may be processed, and thus it is …

Method for synthesizing a virtual image from a reduced resolution depth image

A Vetro, S Yea, KJ Oh - US Patent 8,374,456, 2013 - Google Patents
A virtual image is synthesized from a reduced resolution depth image storing depth values at
each pixel location. The reduced resolution depth image is scaled up to produce an up …

Method and apparatus for temporally interpolating three-dimensional depth image

SK Lee, HS Lim, DK Kim, KC Lee - US Patent 9,210,398, 2015 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus for temporally interpolating a three-dimensional (3D) depth image
are provided to generate an intermediate depth image in a desired time. The apparatus may …

Method and apparatus for merging depth maps in a depth camera system

HW Richards - US Patent App. 15/133,092, 2017 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus merge depth maps in a depth camera system. According to a
possible embodiment, a first image of a scene can be received. The first image can include …

Method to extend laser depth map range

SM Sarmast, DL Doolittle - US Patent 9,491,441, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for extending the dynamic range of a depth map by deriving
depth information from a synthesized image of a plurality of images captured at different light …