Invention Application
- Patent Title: DEPTH IMAGING CAMERA WITH POLARIZATION-CODED APERTURE
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Application No.: US17182695Application Date: 2021-02-23
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Publication No.: US20220272234A1Publication Date: 2022-08-25
- Inventor: Emanuel Mordechai
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Main IPC: H04N5/222
- IPC: H04N5/222 ; G01S17/931 ; H04N5/232 ; G02B5/30 ; G01S17/89

Abstract:
A depth imaging system in a vehicle includes a lens that includes a polarization-coded aperture. The polarization-coded aperture includes a perpendicular polarization portion to pass incident light entering the perpendicular polarization portion of the polarization-coded aperture as perpendicularly polarized light. The polarization-coded aperture also includes a parallel polarization portion to pass the incident light entering the parallel polarization portion of the polarization-coded aperture as parallel polarized light. An image sensor provides a perpendicularly polarized image based on the perpendicularly polarized light and a parallel polarized image based on the parallel polarized light. A controller processes the perpendicularly polarized image and the parallel polarized image to identify one or more objects in a field of view of the depth imaging system and to determine a range to each of the one or more objects.
Public/Granted literature
- US11838675B2 Depth imaging camera with polarization-coded aperture Public/Granted day:2023-12-05
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