Image processing technique in depth map concept

my input image is http://tinypic.com/r/23w2ybm/5... What technique should be used to get an image like http://tinypic.com/r/ht89ic/5

Answer 1

[Royi Avital]

This would be estimating the "Depth Map" of the image by one image. I think it could be done by estimating the "Blur Level".

Since the blur is a function of the "Depth Field" of the camera which is a function of the focus and distance.

It should get you somewhere.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

You could use a Kinect device : http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&term=kinect Or Senz3D http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/index?term=authorid%3A29180

[Walter Roberson]

Zheng commented "depth estimation"

[Image Analyst]

Who is Zheng?

[Walter Roberson]

Sorry, I didn't record the ID when I zapped the flag.

Possibly it was http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/answers/contributors/617231-zheng or just maybe http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/answers/contributors/1251764-zheng but that seems unlikely; also possibly http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/answers/contributors/4184770-zheng. The first of them seems most likely.