发明申请
US20060114333A1 Method and system to increase dynamic range of time-of-flight (TOF) and/or imaging sensors
有权
增加飞行时间(TOF)和/或成像传感器动态范围的方法和系统
- 专利标题: Method and system to increase dynamic range of time-of-flight (TOF) and/or imaging sensors
- 专利标题(中): 增加飞行时间(TOF)和/或成像传感器动态范围的方法和系统
-
申请号: US11058028申请日: 2005-02-14
-
公开(公告)号: US20060114333A1公开(公告)日: 2006-06-01
- 发明人: Salih Gokturk , Abbas Rafii
- 申请人: Salih Gokturk , Abbas Rafii
- 申请人地址: US CA Sunnyvale 94085
- 专利权人: Canesta, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Canesta, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Sunnyvale 94085
- 主分类号: H04N5/228
- IPC分类号: H04N5/228
摘要:
Dynamic range of photodetector sensors useable in a TOF system is enhanced by capturing images of an object using multiple exposure time settings. Longer exposure settings more appropriately capture non-reflective and/or distant objects, while shorter exposure settings more appropriately capture reflective and/or closer objects. During parallel mode operation, detection signal readouts are taken from each photodetector at different time intervals within an overall exposure time. In sequential mode operation, detection signal readouts are taken and stored for each photodetector at the end of a first exposure time interval and the photodetectors are reset. After a second, different exposure time interval readouts are taken and stored, and the photodetectors reset, etc. In these modes one of the time exposure intervals will be relatively optimum for enhanced dynamic range operation. Once images with multiple exposure settings are obtained, best effort brightness and range images can be obtained, and motion artifacts can be reduced.
公开/授权文献
信息查询