Depth from focus(DFF)is a technique for estimating the depth and three-dimensional(3D)shape of an object from a multi-focus image sequence.At present,focus evaluation algorithms based on DFF technology will always cau...Depth from focus(DFF)is a technique for estimating the depth and three-dimensional(3D)shape of an object from a multi-focus image sequence.At present,focus evaluation algorithms based on DFF technology will always cause inaccuracies in deep map recovery from image focus.There are two main reasons behind this issue.The first is that the window size of the focus evaluation operator has been fixed.Therefore,for some pixels,enough neighbor information cannot be covered in a fixed window and is easily disturbed by noise,which results in distortion of the model.For other pixels,the fixed window is too large,which increases the computational burden.The second is the level of difficulty to get the full focus pixels,even though the focus evaluation calculation in the actual calculation process has been completed.In order to overcome these problems,an adaptive window iteration algorithm is proposed to enhance image focus for accurate depth estimation.This algorithm will automatically adjust the window size based on gray differences in a window that aims to solve the fixed window problem.Besides that,it will also iterate evaluation values to enhance the focus evaluation of each pixel.Comparative analysis of the evaluation indicators and model quality has shown the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive window iteration algorithm.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.91748122)the National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China(No.61603237)+1 种基金the Shanghai Pujiang Program(No.17PJ1402900)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(Nos.16111107802 and 16111108202)
文摘Depth from focus(DFF)is a technique for estimating the depth and three-dimensional(3D)shape of an object from a multi-focus image sequence.At present,focus evaluation algorithms based on DFF technology will always cause inaccuracies in deep map recovery from image focus.There are two main reasons behind this issue.The first is that the window size of the focus evaluation operator has been fixed.Therefore,for some pixels,enough neighbor information cannot be covered in a fixed window and is easily disturbed by noise,which results in distortion of the model.For other pixels,the fixed window is too large,which increases the computational burden.The second is the level of difficulty to get the full focus pixels,even though the focus evaluation calculation in the actual calculation process has been completed.In order to overcome these problems,an adaptive window iteration algorithm is proposed to enhance image focus for accurate depth estimation.This algorithm will automatically adjust the window size based on gray differences in a window that aims to solve the fixed window problem.Besides that,it will also iterate evaluation values to enhance the focus evaluation of each pixel.Comparative analysis of the evaluation indicators and model quality has shown the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive window iteration algorithm.
