METHOD FOR GENERATING 3D IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME

• US 20160073089A1
• Filed: 11/03/2014
• Published: 03/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Inventors: Ting, Kuei-Ping, Yang, Chao-Kuang
• Application Number:
  US14/530,844
• Publication Number:
  US 20160073089A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/52 the 3D volume being constructed from a stack or sequence of 2D planes, e.g. depth sampling systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10148 Varying focus
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/73 Deblurring; Sharpening
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/564 from contours
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/571 from focus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/395 with depth sampling, i.e. the volume being constructed from a stack or sequence of 2D image planes

Abstract

A method for generating a 3D image and an electronic apparatus using the same method are proposed. The method includes: capturing a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of focal lengths, where there are a plurality of focal length differences between the focal lengths; selecting a reference image from the images, and taking the reference image as a 3D reference plane in a 3D space; performing an edge detection to each of the images according to a sharpness reference value to find at least one contour corresponding to the sharpness reference value in each of the images; arranging each of the images in the 3D space based on each of the focal length differences and the 3D reference plane; performing an interpolation operation between the at least one contour of each of the images to generate a 3D image.

Claims

1. A method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) image, adapted to an electronic apparatus, and comprising:

capturing a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of focal lengths, where there are a plurality of focal length differences between the focal lengths;

selecting a reference image from the images, and taking the reference image as a 3D reference plane in a 3D space;

performing an edge detection to each of the images according to a sharpness reference value to find at least one contour corresponding to the sharpness reference value in each of the images;

arranging each of the images in the 3D space based on each of the focal length differences and the 3D reference plane; and

performing an interpolation operation between the at least one contour of each of the images to generate the 3D image.

2. The method for generating the 3D image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the images correspond to a same scene, and the reference image has a maximum focal length in the focal lengths.

3. The method for generating the 3D image as claimed in claim 2, wherein the images comprise a first image corresponding to a first focal length, there is a first focal length difference between the first focal length and the maximum focal length, the reference image comprises a reference contour corresponding to the sharpness reference value, and the step of arranging each of the images based on each of the focal length differences and the 3D reference plane comprises:

arranging the first image in parallel to the reference image at a first position spaced from the reference image by the first focal length difference, wherein the arranged first image is aligned to the reference image.

4. The method for generating the 3D image as claimed in claim 3, wherein the images further comprise a second image corresponding to a second focal length, there is a second focal length difference between the second focal length and the first focal length, and after the step of arranging the first image in parallel to the reference image at the first position spaced from the reference image by the first focal length difference, the method further comprises:

arranging the second image in parallel to the first image at a second position spaced from the first image by the second focal length difference, wherein the arranged second image is aligned to the first image,

wherein the first image and the second image are located at a same side of the reference image, and a specific focal length difference between the second image and the reference image is a sum of the first focal length difference and the second focal length difference.

5. The method for generating the 3D image as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first image comprises a first contour corresponding to the sharpness reference value, the reference image comprises a reference contour corresponding to the sharpness reference value, the first contour and the reference contour correspond to a first object, and the step of performing the interpolation operation between the at least one contour of each of the images to generate the 3D image comprises:

performing the interpolation operation between the first contour and the reference contour to connect the first contour and the reference contour.

6. The method for generating the 3D image as claimed in claim 5, wherein the images further comprises a second image, the second image comprises a second contour corresponding to the sharpness reference value, the second contour corresponds to the first object, and after the step of connecting the first contour and the reference contour, the method further comprises:

performing the interpolation operation between the second contour and the first contour to connect the second contour and the first contour.

7. The method for generating the 3D image as claimed in claim 1, wherein a number of the images is proportional to an image capturing speed of the electronic apparatus.

8. The method for generating the 3D image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the images comprise a first image, the first image comprises a plurality of pixels, the pixels comprise a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel, the first pixel has a first gray scale value, the second pixel has a second gray scale value, and the step of performing the edge detection to each of the images according to the sharpness reference value to find the at least one contour corresponding to the sharpness reference value in each of the images comprises:

calculating a difference between the first gray scale value and the second gray scale value;

defining one of the first pixel and the second pixel as a contour pixel of the first image when the difference is greater than a predetermined threshold value; and

finding all of the contour pixels in the first image, so as to define the at least one contour in the first image.

9. The method for generating the 3D image as claimed in claim 1, wherein after the step of generating the 3D image, the method further comprises:

rotating the 3D image according to a sensing signal of a gyroscope of the electronic apparatus.

10. An electronic device, adapted to generate a 3D image, and comprising:

an image capturing unit;

a storage unit, storing a plurality of modules; and

a processing unit, connected to the image capturing unit and the storage unit, and accessing and executing the modules, wherein the modules comprise;

a capturing module, controlling the image capturing unit to capture a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of focal lengths, wherein there are a plurality of focal length differences between the focal lengths;

a selecting module, selecting a reference image from the images, and taking the reference image as a 3D reference plane in a 3D space;

a detecting module, performing an edge detection to each of the images according to a sharpness reference value to find at least one contour corresponding to the sharpness reference value in each of the images;

an arranging module, arranging each of the images in the 3D space based on each of the focal length differences and the 3D reference plane; and

a generating module, performing an interpolation operation between the at least one contour of each of the images to generate the 3D image.