Patent ID: 8447141

Claim:
Method ( 100 ) of generating a depth map for an image ( 205 ) using monocular information, the method comprising: generating ( 110 ) a first depth map for the image ( 205 ), wherein the first depth map corresponds with an estimate of a global depth profile ( 410 , 420 , 440 , 450 ) of a scene depicted in the image ( 205 ), generating ( 120 ) a second depth map ( 520 ) for the image ( 205 ), wherein a depth value associated with a pixel in the second depth map is based on depth values in the first depth map within a region spatially proximate to the pixel and at least one of color and luminance values of the image within the region and generating ( 130 ) a third depth map ( 530 , 540 , 550 ) for the image ( 205 ) using depth values from the first depth map and the second depth map, the generating scaling a depth difference, such that a difference between a depth value of the third and first depth map is scaled compared to the corresponding difference between a depth value of the second and first depth map.