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- Patent Title: Adaptive illumination for a time-of-flight camera on a vehicle
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Application No.: US17986744Application Date: 2022-11-14
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Publication No.: US11877066B2Publication Date: 2024-01-16
- Inventor: Ke Xu , Xue Mei , Zehua Huang
- Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
- Current Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Agent Paul Liu
- Main IPC: H04N23/73
- IPC: H04N23/73 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/02 ; B60R11/04 ; H04N25/534

Abstract:
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for capturing an image. In one aspect an electronic camera apparatus includes an image sensor with a plurality of pixel regions. The apparatus further includes an exposure controller. The exposure controller determines, for each of the plurality of pixel regions, a corresponding exposure duration and a corresponding exposure start time. Each pixel region begins to integrate incident light starting at the corresponding exposure start time and continues to integrate light for the corresponding exposure duration. In some example embodiments, at least two of the corresponding exposure durations or at least two of the corresponding exposure start times are different in the image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230074491A1 ADAPTIVE ILLUMINATION FOR A TIME-OF-FLIGHT CAMERA ON A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2023-03-09
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