Stereo camera and automatic range finding method for measuring a distance between stereo camera and reference plane

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14803096

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An automatic range finding method is applied to measure a distance between a stereo camera and a reference plane. The automatic range finding method includes acquiring a disparity-map video by the stereo camera facing the reference plane, analyzing the disparity-map video to generate a depth histogram, selecting a pixel group having an amount greater than a threshold from the depth histogram, calculating the distance between the stereo camera and the reference plane by weight transformation of the pixel group, and applying a coarse-to-fine computation for the disparity-map video.

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VIVOTEK INC6F NO 192 LIEN-CHENG RD CHUNG-HO DIST NEW TAIPEI CITY

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Huang, Shih-Ming New Taipei, TW 69 283
Liu, Cheng-Chieh New Taipei, TW 67 208

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