System and method for directly estimating three-dimensional structure of objects in a scene and camera motion from three two-dimensional views of the scene
Patent 6052124 Issued on April 18, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: 
January 30, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
January 30, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMethod and apparatus for predicting the direction of movement in machine vision Patent #: 5109425 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 016701 filed on 01/30/1998US Classes:345/419, Three-dimension382/107, Motion or velocity measuring382/154, 3-D or stereo imaging analysis382/236, Interframe coding (e.g., difference or motion detection)382/285Mapping 2-D image onto a 3-D surfaceExaminersPrimary: Powell, Mark R.Assistant: Sealey, Lance W. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06K 009/00AbstractA scene reconstruction system generates a reconstruction of at least one feature of at least one three-dimensional object in a scene from three two-dimensional views as recorded from a plurality of diverse locations. The scene reconstruction system includes a motion parameter generator, a dense depth map generator, and a scene reconstructor. The motion parameter generator generates in response to gradients in image intensity values at respective points in a first view and temporal derivatives of image intensity values as between second and third views and the first view values for motion parameters representing as between a first view recordation location for the first view, and view recordation locations for the second and third views. The dense depth map generator generates a dense depth map in response to the values for the motion parameters, gradients in image intensity values at respective points in a first view and temporal derivatives of image intensity values as between second and third views and the first view, the dense depth map representing for each point in the first view the depth of a corresponding point in the scene. The scene reconstructor uses the dense depth map in generating a reconstruction of the at least one feature. | |
