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Depth Estimation Using Variant of Depth of Field by Horizontal Planes of Sharp Focus

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Advances in Robotics (FIRA 2009)

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We have been investigating depth estimation techniques using variant of depth of field (DOF) by tilted optics imaging. These techniques can be applied for robotic and automation tasks, because it needs extremely fewer multiple focus images for depth estimation than the conventional passive methods. Hence, our method gets rid of the bottleneck of passive methods with a single camera; the motion speed of optical mechanics is very slower than that of image processing parts. Therefore, it is suitable for the high speed depth estimation like real-time processing accomplished by hardware such as a smart image sensor or an FPGA.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroshi Ikeoka & Takayuki Hamamoto

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  1. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

    Jong-Hwan Kim

  2. Social Robotics Lab, Interactive Digital Media Institute, and Edutainment Robotics Lab Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117576, Singapore

    Shuzhi Sam Ge

  3. National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Prahlad Vadakkepat  & Abdullah Al Manum  & 

  4. Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany

    Norbert Jesse

  5. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, P.O. Box, 117576, Singapore

    Sadasivan Puthusserypady K

  6. Institut für Informatik/I12, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstr. 3,, D-85748, Garching b. München, Germany

    Ulrich Rückert

  7. School of Software Engineering and Data Communications, Queensland University of Technology, P.O. Box, Brisbane, Australia

    Joaquin Sitte

  8. Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, P.O. Box, Paderborn, Germany

    Ulf Witkowski

  9. Interactive & Digital Media Institute, National University of Singapore, Blk E3A #02-04, 7 Engineering Drive 1, 117574, Singapore

    Ryohei Nakatsu

  10. University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

    Jacky Baltes

  11. Autonomous Agents Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, P.O. Box, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    John Anderson

  12. Dept. of Education in Technology & Science, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel

    Igor Verner

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Ikeoka, H., Hamamoto, T. (2009). Depth Estimation Using Variant of Depth of Field by Horizontal Planes of Sharp Focus. In: Kim, JH., et al. Advances in Robotics. FIRA 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5744. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03983-6_32

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