Invention Grant
- Patent Title: 3-D 360 degrees depth projector
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Application No.: US15717332Application Date: 2017-09-27
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Publication No.: US10440349B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Joseph Duggan , Cina Hazegh , Fei Liu
- Applicant: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Fenwick & West LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N13/271 ; H04N13/254 ; H04N13/282 ; H04N13/296 ; H04N5/247

Abstract:
A camera system configured to generate depth information for a local area. The camera system comprises a plurality of depth camera sub-assemblies arranged in a substantially spherical arrangement. Each sub-assembly comprises a projector that projects a structured light pattern onto a portion of the local area, such that the projected light patterns of the plurality of sub-assemblies form a tiled light pattern covering 360 degrees of the local area. Each sub-assembly further comprises at least one camera is configured to capture images of the local area. A controller of the camera system is configured to receive the captured images and to construct a 360 degree depth map of the scene, based upon the structured light patterns projected by the projectors of the plurality captured in the received images.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190098276A1 3-D 360 DEGREE DEPTH PROJECTOR Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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