US 11,887,339 B2
High resolution 3D image processing apparatus and method thereof
Shu-Lu Chen, Hsinchu County (TW); Yu-Shiuan Li, Hsinchu County (TW); and Yun-Chung Na, Hsinchu County (TW)
Assigned to ARTILUX, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Artilux, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/071,018.
Application 18/071,018 is a continuation of application No. 16/807,179, filed on Mar. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,544,873.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/869,570, filed on Jul. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/813,776, filed on Mar. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0096508 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/80 (2017.01) [G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
an image sensor comprising a depth-image pixel array, the image sensor configured to generate a first set of input information representing a first depth image and a second set of input information representing a second depth image;
a mode control circuit configured to generate a mode signal indicating a selection of one of a plurality of operation modes of the image processing apparatus, wherein selecting one of the plurality of operation modes is configured to save power or enhance image quality; and
a calculating circuit coupled to the mode control circuit and configured to:
receive the mode signal;
determine, based on the mode signal, a first weighting value associated with the first depth image and a second weighting value associated with the second depth image; and
generate, based on the first and the second sets of input information and the first and the second weighting values, an output information representing an output depth image.