A robust method for the reconstruction of disparity maps based on multilevel processing of stereo color image pairs

A novel method for the reconstruction of disparity maps (DMs) with robust properties to nonideal registration conditions, reflections, and noise in stereo color image pairs has been substantiated for the first time. The novel approach proposes a scheme for image DM reconstruction where Jaccard distance metric is used as a proximity criterion in stereo image pair matching. A physical interpretation of the method that allows the quality of the formed DMs to be improved significantly is given. A processing block diagram has been developed in accordance with the novel approach. Simulations of the novel DM reconstruction method have shown an advantage of the proposed DM reconstruction scheme in terms of generally recognized criteria, such as the structural similarity index measure and the bad matching pixels, and when visually comparing the formed DMs.