Patent ID: 9047688
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G01C,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for illustrating depth in an image, the method comprising: receiving a depthmap generated from an optical distancing system, wherein the depthmap is correlated with a plurality of pixels of the image; receiving, at a controller, data indicative of a location on the image and indicative of a first depth datum of the depthmap corresponding to a first physical object in the image; comparing, with the controller, the first depth datum to a second depth datum correlated with at least one of a plurality of surrounding points and a second physical object in the image; if the first depth datum indicates a lesser distance from a viewer perspective of the image than the second depth datum, changing a pixel of the at least one of the plurality of surrounding points to a predetermined value; wherein the predetermined value of the pixel corresponds to a virtual depth cursor indicative of a selection in the image, and if the first depth datum indicates a greater distance from the viewer perspective of the image than the second depth datum, maintaining the pixel of the at least one of the plurality of surrounding points unchanged.