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- Patent Title: Imaging apparatuses, systems and methods
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Application No.: US16948160Application Date: 2020-09-04
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Publication No.: US11353320B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Christian Woehler
- Applicant: Christian Woehler
- Applicant Address: DE Heidelberg
- Assignee: Christian Woehler
- Current Assignee: Christian Woehler
- Current Assignee Address: DE Heidelberg
- Agency: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP
- Main IPC: G01B11/14
- IPC: G01B11/14 ; G02B21/00 ; G01N21/64 ; G02B9/06 ; G02B13/22 ; G06K9/00 ; G16B25/00 ; G01B11/22 ; G01B11/02 ; G01B11/00 ; G06T7/70 ; G06T7/50 ; G01N15/14 ; G02B21/36 ; G02B21/06 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
An image sensor and well structure associated with and extending away from the surface of the image sensor are provided in various apparatuses, methods, and systems for determining the position of a light emitter located in object space. An exemplary method includes (i) providing the image sensor and structure associated therewith, the structure defining a field of view for each pixel within the array of pixels; (ii) determining a light intensity value for photoactivated pixels receiving light from the light emitter; (iii) identifying a first photoactivated pixel having a local maximum of light intensity; (iv) calculating a perpendicular distance between the first photoactivated pixel and the light emitter; and (v) constructing the position of the light emitter based on a position of the first photoactivated pixel in the array of pixels and the perpendicular distance between the first photoactivated pixel and the light emitter.
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