Title :
Adaptive stripe based patch matching for depth estimation
Author :
Porikli, Fatih Murat ; Wang, Yao ; Swain, Cassandra
Author_Institution :
Polytech. Univ., Brooklyn, NY, USA
Abstract :
A novel stereo matching technique for depth estimation in stereoscopic image pairs is presented. The input image pair is preprocessed in the intensity domain and together with edge maps an adaptive mesh in which individual elements approximate linearly modeled regions are obtained. Then, an iterative stripe based, quadrilateral patch matching technique is employed to estimate the depth map from the image pair in a hierarchical manner. Finally, the resultant map is postprocessed to smooth the depth map at the patch borders. The quality of the test results demonstrates the effectiveness of the technique
Keywords :
adaptive signal processing; image matching; image resolution; image segmentation; iterative methods; parameter estimation; stereo image processing; adaptive mesh; adaptive stripe based patch matching; depth estimation; depth map; input image pair; intensity domain; iterative stripe based matching; linearly modeled regions; multiresolution matching algorithm; patch borders; preprocessing; quadrilateral patch matching; stereo matching; stereoscopic image pairs; test results; Cameras; Data preprocessing; Geometry; Layout; Linear approximation; Pattern matching; Photometry; Smoothing methods; Testing; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 1997. ICASSP-97., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7919-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICASSP.1997.595397