Threshold determination in a RANSAC algorithm

1. A device, comprising:

a memory;

processing circuitry coupled to the memory, wherein the processing circuitry, in operation:

tests a plurality of model hypotheses of movement of an imaging device between capturing successive first and second video images using a deterministic algorithm operating on a first set of points in the first video image and second points in the second video image, the testing including, for each point of the first set of points and for each model hypothesis, calculating a corresponding estimated point using the model hypothesis, determining a back-projection error between said estimated point and a corresponding point of the second points in the second video image, and comparing each back projection error with a threshold associated with the first point, wherein for each first point of the first video image, a correction term is determined based on a depth of said first point in said first video image and an estimated movement of the imaging device between capturing the first and the second video images, and the threshold associated with said first point is determined by using said correction term;

selects a model hypothesis of the plurality of model hypotheses based on the testing; and

determines a movement of the imaging device between capturing the successive first and second video images using the selected model hypothesis.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said movement is an orientation modification of said imaging device between capturing the first video image and the second video image.

3. The device according to claim 2 wherein each model hypothesis comprises Euler angles.

4. The device according to claim 1 wherein each model hypothesis is obtained from motion vectors.

5. The device according to claim 1 wherein said movement between capturing the first and second video images comprises a translational movement of the imaging device.

6. The device according to claim 1 wherein, for each first point, the threshold associated with the first point is a sum of a fixed threshold and said correction term for the first point.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

an imaging device, which, in operation, captures successive first and second video images; and

processing circuitry coupled to the imaging device, wherein the processing circuitry, in operation:

tests a plurality of model hypotheses of movement of an imaging device between capturing successive first and second video images using a deterministic algorithm operating on a first set of points in the first video image and second points in the second video image, the testing including, for each point of the first set of points and for each model hypothesis, calculating a corresponding estimated point using the model hypothesis, determining a back-projection error between said estimated point and a corresponding point of the second points in the second video image, and comparing each back projection error with a threshold associated with the first point, wherein for each first point of the first video image, a correction term is determined based on a depth of said first point in said first video image and an estimated movement of the imaging device between capturing the first and the second video images, and the threshold associated with said first point is determined by using said correction term;

selects a model hypothesis of the plurality of model hypotheses based on the testing; and

determines a movement of the imaging device between capturing the successive first and second video images using the selected model hypothesis.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , comprising telecommunication circuitry.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7 wherein, for each first point, the threshold associated with the first point is a sum of a fixed threshold and said correction term for the first point.

10. A apparatus, comprising:

a memory;

processing circuitry coupled to the memory, wherein the processing circuitry, in operation:

tests a plurality of model hypotheses of movement of an imaging device between capturing successive first and second video images, the testing including, for each point of a first set of points of the first video image and for each model hypothesis, calculating a corresponding estimated point using the model hypothesis, determining a back-projection error between said estimated point and a corresponding point of points in the second video image, and comparing each back projection error with a threshold associated with the first point, wherein for each point of the first set of points of the first video image, a correction term is determined based on a depth of said first point in said first video image and an estimated movement of the imaging device between capturing the first and the second video images, and the threshold associated with said first point is determined based on said correction term;

selects a model hypothesis of the plurality of model hypotheses based on the testing; and

determines a movement of the imaging device between capturing the successive first and second video images using the selected model hypothesis.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said movement is an orientation modification of said imaging device between capturing the first video image and the second video image.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 wherein each model hypothesis comprises Euler angles.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein each model hypothesis is obtained from motion vectors.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein said movement between capturing the first and second video images comprises a translational movement of the imaging device.

15. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein, for each first point, the threshold associated with the first point is a sum of a fixed threshold and said correction term for the first point.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 comprising the imaging device.