Patents Assigned to K
  • Optical flow estimation method and image synthesis method
    Patent number: 6456731
    Abstract: Optical flow is calculated for each patch on the basis of two images, and then a region having low confidence and a region having high confidence are separated depending on confidence of the optical flow, and the optical flow in the region having low confidence is interpolated using the optical flow in its surrounding regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., K
    Inventors: Naoki Chiba, Takeo Kanade, Hiroshi Kano