Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Predicting depth from image data using a statistical model
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Application No.: US16332343Application Date: 2017-09-12
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Publication No.: US11100401B2Publication Date: 2021-08-24
- Inventor: Clément Godard , Oisin MacAodha , Gabriel Brostow
- Applicant: Niantic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Niantic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Niantic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Fenwick & West LLP
- Priority: GB1615470 20160912
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/052671 WO 20170912
- International Announcement: WO2018/046964 WO 20180315
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06N3/08 ; G06T7/593 ; G06K9/62 ; G06N3/04 ; G06F17/16 ; G06T3/40

Abstract:
Systems and methods are described for predicting depth from colour image data using a statistical model such as a convolutional neural network (CNN), The model is trained on binocular stereo pairs of images, enabling depth data to be predicted from a single source colour image. The model is trained to predict, for each image of an input binocular stereo pair, corresponding disparity values that enable reconstruction of another image when applied, to the image. The model is updated based on a cost function that enforces consistency between the predicted disparity values for each image in the stereo pair.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190213481A1 PREDICTING DEPTH FROM IMAGE DATA USING A STATISTICAL MODEL Public/Granted day:2019-07-11
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