Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for inward-looking depth scanning of a real-world scene
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Application No.: US15663718Application Date: 2017-07-29
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Publication No.: US10346994B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Steven L. Smith
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: G01S17/42
- IPC: G01S17/42 ; G06T7/521 ; G06T19/00 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S7/481 ; G01S7/48

Abstract:
An exemplary depth scanning system includes first and second depth scanning devices. The first device detects depth data for surfaces included within a real-world scene from a first vantage point by rotating a first scan head in one rotational direction to progressively aim a first scan field to sweep across the surfaces during a scan time period. The second device detects depth data for the surfaces from a second vantage point by rotating a second scan head in phase with the rotation of the first scan head and in the opposite rotational direction so as to progressively aim a second scan field to sweep across the surfaces during the scan time period. The in-phase rotations of the first and second scan heads cause the first scan field to aim at the second vantage point at a same moment when the second scan field aims at the first vantage point.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190035097A1 Systems and Methods for Inward-Looking Depth Scanning of a Real-World Scene Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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