Invention Grant
US09146317B2 Methods and apparatus for estimation of motion and size of non-line-of-sight objects
有权
用于估计非视距物体的运动和尺寸的方法和装置
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for estimation of motion and size of non-line-of-sight objects
- Patent Title (中): 用于估计非视距物体的运动和尺寸的方法和装置
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Application No.: US13479185Application Date: 2012-05-23
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Publication No.: US09146317B2Publication Date: 2015-09-29
- Inventor: Rohit Pandharkar , Andreas Velten , Ramesh Raskar
- Applicant: Rohit Pandharkar , Andreas Velten , Ramesh Raskar
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agent Stephen R. Otis
- Main IPC: G01S17/58
- IPC: G01S17/58 ; G01S17/89

Abstract:
In exemplary implementations of this invention, a time of flight camera (ToF camera) can estimate the location, motion and size of a hidden moving object, even though (a) the hidden object cannot be seen directly (or through mirrors) from the vantage point of the ToF camera (including the camera's illumination source and sensor), and (b) the object is in a visually cluttered environment. The hidden object is a NLOS (non-line-of-sight) object. The time of flight camera comprises a streak camera and a laser. In these exemplary implementations, the motion and absolute locations of NLOS moving objects in cluttered environments can be estimated through tertiary reflections of pulsed illumination, using relative time differences of arrival at an array of receivers. Also, the size of NLOS moving objects can be estimated by backprojecting extremas of NLOS moving object time responses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120300062A1 Methods and apparatus for estimation of motion and size of non-line-of-sight objects Public/Granted day:2012-11-29
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