Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for improved depth sensing
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Application No.: US15268330Application Date: 2016-09-16
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Publication No.: US10021372B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Shandon Campbell , Stephen Michael Verrall , Kalin Mitkov Atanassov
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Paradice and Li LLP
- Main IPC: H04N13/00
- IPC: H04N13/00 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/238 ; G06T7/00 ; H04N13/02

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for active depth sensing are disclosed. In some aspects, an imaging device may generate first depth information based on an active sensing technology, such as structured light. In some aspects, at least some of the first depth information may be missing or inaccurate, perhaps due to an extended range between the imaging device and a subject of the image. Additional range information may then be generated based on a zero order component of the structured light. The additional range information may then be used alone or combined with the first depth information and used to control one or more parameters of an imaging device, such as an exposure time and/or aperture.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180084240A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED DEPTH SENSING Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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