Depth Estimation of Single Defocused Images Based on Multi-Feature Fusion

Abstract

Based on multi-feature fusion, this paper introduces a novel depth estimation method to suppress defocus and motion blurs, as well as focal plane ambiguity. Firstly, the node features formed by occlusion were fused to optimize image segmentation, and obtain the position relations between image objects. Next, the Gaussian gradient ratio between the defocused input image and the quadratic Gaussian blur was calculated to derive the edge sparse blur. After that, the fast guided filter was adopted to diffuse the sparse blur globally, and estimate the relative depth of the scene. Experimental results demonstrate that our method excellently resolves the ambiguity of depth estimation, and accurately overcomes the noise problem in real-time.