Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Synchronizing time-of-flight cameras
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Application No.: US16013760Application Date: 2018-06-20
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Publication No.: US10674063B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Gabor Szedo Becker
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Athorus, PLLC
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N5/04 ; H04N5/247 ; H04N5/28 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
Time-of-flight cameras may be synchronized where the fields of view of the time-of-flight cameras overlap. The time-of-flight cameras may be programmed within intervals of time for illuminating their respective fields of view that do not conflict with one another. When a first time-of-flight camera illuminates a first field of view that overlaps with a second field of view of a second time-of-flight camera, and the second time-of-flight camera detects reflected light from the illumination, the second time-of-flight camera may determine a time to illuminate the second field of view based on the reflected light. In this manner, any number of time-of-flight cameras may be synchronized with one another without requiring a direct connection between the time-of-flight cameras.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190394386A1 SYNCHRONIZING TIME-OF-FLIGHT CAMERAS Public/Granted day:2019-12-26
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