Samsung patents method to refine depth maps using motion and edge data
Samsung describes a technique for electronic devices to improve the accuracy of depth information in images. The method combines optical flow edge data, warped depth data, and the original image into a neural network model to generate a more precise depth map.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device may include: a memory storing one or more instructions; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, wherein at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions and to cause the electronic device to: obtain optical flow edge information on the basis of optical flow information corresponding to an input image; obtain warped depth information on the basis of depth information of the input image; and obtain depth information corresponding to the input image by inputting the input image, the optical flow edge information, and the warped depth information to a first network model.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic apparatus comprising: memory storing at least one instruction; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry; wherein at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to execute the at least one instruction and to cause the electronic apparatus to: obtain optical flow edge information based on optical flow information corresponding to an input image, obtain warped depth information based on depth information of the input image, and obtain depth information corresponding to the input image by inputting the input image, the optical flow edge information, and the warped depth information into a first network model.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
- Publication number
- US20260320810A1
- Application number
- 19461123
- Filed
- Jan 27, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 7/50 Physics & computingG06T 7/13 Physics & computingG06T 7/136 Physics & computingG06T 7/246 Physics & computingG06T 7/70 Physics & computingG06T 2207/20081 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AI & software
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