Abstract
A low-complexity depth-reliability-based stereomatching algorithm and an efficient scanline memory-merging implementation scheme are proposed in this paper. The developed algorithm analyzes the accuracy of disparity results by using simple local window-based methods and preserves reliable information only. A bidirectional depth propagation flow is then adopted to fill the unreliable segments by using reliable information. Moreover, a set of predefined function-specific reliability variables are extracted to further improve depth quality in the occluded and smooth regions, which can reduce 39%bad pixels obtained by applying the basic 7 × 7 window-based matching. The proposed scanline memory-merging scheme along with data prefetching can lead to 32.7%savings on the scanline memory area and relax the requirements of external frame buffer size and bandwidth. Experimental results show that the implemented stereo-matching hardware has a gate count of 223 k including the scanline memory, and can achieve up to 70 frames/s for 480×540 resolution (2×2 downsampling of FullHD side-by-side 3-D format) with 56 disparity levels.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 2361419 |
Pages (from-to) | 1038-1050 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 Jun 1 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Media Technology
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering