Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Auto range control for active illumination depth camera
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Application No.: US16567337Application Date: 2019-09-11
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Publication No.: US10927969B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: Aviad Zabatani , Erez Sperling , Ofir Mulla , Ron Kimmel , Alex Bronstein , Michael Bronstein , David H. Silver , Ohad Menashe , Vitaly Surazhsky
- Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: F16K17/02
- IPC: F16K17/02 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/33 ; G01B11/25 ; F15B15/06 ; F16K1/22 ; F16K1/34 ; F16K31/363

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for auto range control are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a projector configured to project a sequence of light patterns on an object; a first camera configured to capture a sequence of images of the object illuminated with the projected light patterns; a controller coupled to the projector and first camera and operable to receive the sequence of images and perform range control by controlling power of the sequence of light patterns being projected on the object and exposure time of a camera based on information obtained from the sequence of images captured by the camera.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200072367A1 AUTO RANGE CONTROL FOR ACTIVE ILLUMINATION DEPTH CAMERA Public/Granted day:2020-03-05
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