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Defocus deblurring is a challenging task due to the spatially varying nature of defocus blur. While deep learning approach shows great promise in solving image restoration problems, defocus deblurring demands accurate training data that…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-04 Lingyan Ruan , Bin Chen , Jizhou Li , Miuling Lam

In this paper, we explore the possibility of achieving a more accurate depth estimation by fusing monocular images and Radar points using a deep neural network. We give a comprehensive study of the fusion between RGB images and Radar…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-02 Juan-Ting Lin , Dengxin Dai , Luc Van Gool

We propose a method to compute depth maps for every sub-aperture image in a light field in a view consistent way. Previous light field depth estimation methods typically estimate a depth map only for the central sub-aperture view, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-10 Numair Khan , Min H. Kim , James Tompkin

Modern cameras with large apertures often suffer from a shallow depth of field, resulting in blurry images of objects outside the focal plane. This limitation is particularly problematic for fixed-focus cameras, such as those used in smart…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Xinge Yang , Chuong Nguyen , Wenbin Wang , Kaizhang Kang , Wolfgang Heidrich , Xiaoxing Li

In this project, we propose a novel approach for estimating depth from RGB images. Traditionally, most work uses a single RGB image to estimate depth, which is inherently difficult and generally results in poor performance, even with…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-05-04 Eric Cristofalo , Zijian Wang

Depth estimation plays a pivotal role in advancing human-robot interactions, especially in indoor environments where accurate 3D scene reconstruction is essential for tasks like navigation and object handling. Monocular depth estimation,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Siddiqui Muhammad Yasir , Hyunsik Ahn

Image denoising methods must effectively model, implicitly or explicitly, the vast diversity of patterns and textures that occur in natural images. This is challenging, even for modern methods that leverage deep neural networks trained to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-12-11 Zhihao Xia , Ayan Chakrabarti

Blind deconvolution is a challenging problem, but in low-light it is even more difficult. Existing algorithms, both classical and deep-learning based, are not designed for this condition. When the photon shot noise is strong, conventional…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-21 Yash Sanghvi , Abhiram Gnanasambandam , Zhiyuan Mao , Stanley H. Chan

Monocular depth estimation is the base task in computer vision. It has a tremendous development in the decade with the development of deep learning. But the boundary blur of the depth map is still a serious problem. Research finds the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-13 Xin Yang , Qingling Chang , Xinlin Liu , Yan Cui

As demand for advanced photographic applications on hand-held devices grows, these electronics require the capture of high quality depth. However, under low-light conditions, most devices still suffer from low imaging quality and inaccurate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-03-22 Sunghoon Im , Hae-Gon Jeon , In So Kweon

Capturing an all-in-focus image with a single camera is difficult since the depth of field of the camera is usually limited. An alternative method to obtain the all-in-focus image is to fuse several images focusing at different depths.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-19 Haoyu Ma , Qingmin Liao , Juncheng Zhang , Shaojun Liu , Jing-Hao Xue

In this paper, we address the problem of estimating dense depth from a sequence of images using deep neural networks. Specifically, we employ a dense-optical-flow network to compute correspondences and then triangulate the point cloud to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Tong Ke , Tien Do , Khiem Vuong , Kourosh Sartipi , Stergios I. Roumeliotis

Depth in the real world is rarely singular. Transmissive materials create layered ambiguities that confound conventional perception systems. Existing models remain passive; conventional approaches typically estimate static depth maps…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Junhong Min , Jimin Kim , Minwook Kim , Cheol-Hui Min , Youngpil Jeon , Minyong Choi

Removing camera motion blur from a single light field is a challenging task since it is highly ill-posed inverse problem. The problem becomes even worse when blur kernel varies spatially due to scene depth variation and high-order camera…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-15 Dongwoo Lee , Haesol Park , In Kyu Park , Kyoung Mu Lee

We present a method to estimate dense depth by optimizing a sparse set of points such that their diffusion into a depth map minimizes a multi-view reprojection error from RGB supervision. We optimize point positions, depths, and weights…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-30 Numair Khan , Min H. Kim , James Tompkin

Current methods for depth map prediction from monocular images tend to predict smooth, poorly localized contours for the occlusion boundaries in the input image. This is unfortunate as occlusion boundaries are important cues to recognize…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-12 Michael Ramamonjisoa , Yuming Du , Vincent Lepetit

This paper introduces a novel unsupervised approach for image deblurring that utilizes a simple process for training data collection, thereby enhancing the applicability and effectiveness of deblurring methods. Our technique does not…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Bang-Dang Pham , Anh Tran , Cuong Pham , Minh Hoai

Depth estimation and 3D object detection are critical for scene understanding but remain challenging to perform with a single image due to the loss of 3D information during image capture. Recent models using deep neural networks have…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-19 Julie Chang , Gordon Wetzstein

In this paper, we introduce robust and synergetic hand-crafted features and a simple but efficient deep feature from a convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture for defocus estimation. This paper systematically analyzes the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-05-01 Jinsun Park , Yu-Wing Tai , Donghyeon Cho , In So Kweon

In the context of scene understanding, a variety of methods exists to estimate different information channels from mono or stereo images, including disparity, depth, and normals. Although several advances have been reported in the recent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-05-29 Paul Guerrero , Holger Winnemöller , Wilmot Li , Niloy J. Mitra