Patent ID: 9536312
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. A storage device for storing computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions providing a depth construction module executed by one or more processing devices, the computer readable instructions performing a method comprising: receiving at least a first depth image from a first depth capture unit and a second depth image from a second depth capture unit, the first depth image and the second depth image being generated, respectively, by the first depth capture unit and the second depth capture unit, in response to: identifying at least one deficient portion in at least one of the first depth image and the second depth image; generating depth information for said at least one deficient portion using a multi-view reconstruction technique, the multi-view reconstruction technique including establishing a plurality of planes that provide a plurality of hypothetical surface positions for the object and for each hypothetical surface position on each plane, deriving parameters which indicate an extent to which respective projected patterns impinge the hypothetical surface position; and merging the depth information for said at least one deficient portion with at least the first depth image and the second depth image to produce a depth scene that provides a depth map of the object based on said parameters.