Combination of Stereo and Structured-Light Processing

Patent №

US 9,507,995

Granted

2016-11-29

Filed 2014

Owner

GOOGLE INC.

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14584016

Methods and systems for determining depth information using a combination of stereo and structured-light processing are provided. An example method involves receiving a plurality of images captured with at least two optical sensors, and determining a first depth estimate for at least one surface based on corresponding features between a first image and a second image. Further, the method involves causing a texture projector to project a known texture pattern, and determining, based on the first depth estimate, at least one region of at least one image of the plurality of images within which to search for a particular portion of the known texture pattern. And the method involves determining points corresponding to the particular portion of the known texture pattern within the at least one region, and determining a second depth estimate for the at least one surface based on the determined points corresponding to the known texture pattern.

VisionG06V 20/64G06T 1/0014G06T 7/0004G06T 7/521G06T 7/593G06T 2207/10012G06T 2207/30108

AI classification

Vision1.00
Planning0.17
Evolutionary computation0.03
AI hardware0.02
Natural language0.00
Machine learning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

GOOGLE INC.

assignment · 345920156

Assignors

KONOLIGE, KURT, RUBLEE, ETHAN

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