Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-modal depth mapping
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Application No.: US16819221Application Date: 2020-03-16
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Publication No.: US11100661B2Publication Date: 2021-08-24
- Inventor: Alexander Shpunt , Gerard Medioni , Daniel Cohen , Erez Sali , Ronen Deitch
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kligler & Associates Patent Attorneys Ltd
- Main IPC: G06T7/521
- IPC: G06T7/521 ; H04N13/25 ; H04N13/254 ; H04N13/271 ; H04N13/296 ; G06T7/593 ; H04N13/239 ; G01B11/22 ; G01B11/25 ; H04N5/33

Abstract:
A method for depth mapping includes receiving optical radiation reflected from multiple points on an object and processing the received optical radiation to generate depth data including multiple candidate depth coordinates for each of a plurality of pixels and respective measures of confidence associated with the candidate depth coordinates. One of the candidate depth coordinates is selected at each of the plurality of the pixels responsively to the respective measures of confidence. A depth map of the object is output, including the selected one of the candidate depth coordinates at each of the plurality of the pixels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200219277A1 Multi-modal depth mapping Public/Granted day:2020-07-09
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