Patent ID: 9530192
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for improving a stereo image including a left view image and a right view image, comprising: using a digital processor to automatically analyze the stereo image to determine an original stereo quality score responsive to relative positions of corresponding points in the left view image and the right view image; specifying a set of one or more candidate modifications to the stereo image; determining revised stereo quality scores based on each of the candidate modifications to the stereo image; generating a plurality of iterated revised stereo quality scores and a new set of modifications until either the iterated revised stereo quality score does not change or until an iteration limit is reached; selecting a particular candidate modification that produces a revised stereo quality score which indicates a higher quality level than the original stereo quality score; forming an output stereo image corresponding to the selected particular candidate modification; and storing the output stereo image in a processor-accessible memory.