Patent ID: 9342916
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06K,G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising: generating an estimation of a disparity map for a stereo pair of images based on multiple disparity assignments and a matching cost for each disparity assignment, wherein generating the disparity map estimation comprises: segmenting the stereo images; determining if each segment is doubtful or un-doubtful, wherein a doubtful segment does not comprise a block of pixels greater than n for each doubtful segment, defining a window W calculating a matching cost for both doubtful and un-doubtful segments wherein the matching cost calculation for a doubtful segment is based on the window W determining disparity candidates based on a matching cost minimum of the doubtful and un-doubtful segments; assigning the disparity candidates to one of a plurality of segment classifications based on the matching cost minimum of the doubtful and un-doubtful segments; and generating a final disparity map by refining the estimated disparity map.