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- Patent Title: Tunable spectral illuminator for camera
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Application No.: US16176271Application Date: 2018-10-31
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Publication No.: US10931894B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: Onur Can Akkaya , Sergio Ortiz Egea , Cyrus Soli Bamji
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/33
- IPC: H04N5/33 ; G06T7/521 ; G02F1/21

Abstract:
A camera includes one or more spectral illuminators, a tunable optical filter optically intermediate the one or more spectral illuminators and a scene, and a sensor array. The one or more spectral illuminators are configured to emit active spectral light. The tunable optical filter is dynamically adjustable to change a selected sub-band of the active spectral light that illuminates the scene. The sensor array includes a plurality of sensors each configured to measure spectral light reflected from the scene in the selected sub-band.
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