Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Folded laser emitters for structured light applications
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Application No.: US15965234Application Date: 2018-04-27
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Publication No.: US10685453B1Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Nicholas Daniel Trail
- 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: G06T7/521
- IPC: G06T7/521 ; G02B27/01 ; G06K9/00 ; H04N5/225 ; G06T7/586 ; H04N13/332 ; H04N13/00

Abstract:
A depth camera assembly includes an illumination source, and an imaging device. The illumination source includes one or more emitters on a single substrate, and one or more folding elements folding at least an optical path of the projected light from each emitter. Each emitter emits a respective beam of light. The imaging device captures images of the local area illuminated with the light from the illumination source. In some configurations, the depth camera assembly includes a controller that provides images to a console that determines a depth information based in part on images of the local area illuminated with the light from the illumination source, and generates a virtual object based in part on the depth information.
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