- Patent Title: Dual aperture 3D camera and method using differing aperture areas
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Application No.: US15758135Application Date: 2016-09-14
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Publication No.: US10412283B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Robert Send , Ingmar Bruder , Stephan Irle , Erwin Thiel
- Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Assignee: trinamiX GmbH
- Current Assignee: trinamiX GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: EP15185005 20150914
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/071628 WO 20160914
- International Announcement: WO2017/046121 WO 20170323
- Main IPC: G01C3/02
- IPC: G01C3/02 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N13/207 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
A camera (110) for recording at least one image of at least one object (112) is proposed. The camera (110) comprises: —at least one converging element (128), wherein the converging element (128) is adapted to converge a light beam (132) passing through the converging element (128) to travel along a beam path to be received by at least one optical sensor (114); —at least one first aperture element (130) having a first adjustable area (136), wherein the first aperture element (130) is located in the beam path between the converging element (128) and the optical sensor (114); —at least one second aperture element (134) having a second adjustable area (138), wherein the second aperture element (134) is located in the beam path between the first aperture element (130) and the optical sensor (114); —the at least one optical sensor (114) being adapted for receiving the light beam (132), wherein the optical sensor (114) is further adapted to generate at least one first picture in a first setting comprising the first aperture area (136) exceeding the second aperture area (138) and to generate at least one second picture in a second setting comprising the second aperture area (138) exceeding the first aperture area (134); and —at least one evaluation device (142) designed to generate at least one three-dimensional image of the at least one object (112) by comparing the at least one first picture and the at least one second picture. Thereby, a simple and, still, efficient three-dimensional camera (110) for an accurate recording of an image of at least one object (112) in space is provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180249051A1 A CAMERA FOR RECORDING AT LEAST ONE IMAGE OF AT LEAST ONE OBJECT Public/Granted day:2018-08-30
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