Optical Divider for Multi-Field of View Camera

    公开(公告)号:US20240107159A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US17951965

    申请日:2022-09-23

    Abstract: A computing device includes: a housing having a plurality of sides defining a housing interior; a first outer lens disposed on a first side of the housing; a second outer lens disposed on a second side of the housing; an image sensor in the housing interior, the image sensor having first and second capture regions; an optical divider in the housing interior, the optical divider configured to (i) direct light from the first outer lens along a first optical path, and (ii) direct light from the second outer lens along a second optical path; and a lens assembly between the optical divider and the image sensor, the lens assembly configured to (i) focus light received along the first optical path onto the first capture region of the image sensor, and (ii) focus light received along the second optical path onto the second capture region of the image sensor.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TREAD DEPTH

    公开(公告)号:US20200096325A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16136740

    申请日:2018-09-20

    Abstract: A device for measuring tread depth includes: an image sensor; first and second depth sensing modules spaced apart along a separation axis, each including (i) an emitter configured to emit a beam of light, and (ii) an optical assembly configured to direct reflections of the beam of light onto a respective region of the image sensor; a controller connected to the image sensor and configured, responsive to the device traversing a treaded surface, to: receive, from the image sensor, a sequence of images corresponding to sequential positions of the device traversing the treaded surface in a travel direction substantially perpendicular to the separation axis, the sequence of images depicting successive reflections of the beams from the treaded surface; determine, for each image in the sequence of images, a first depth measurement and a second depth measurement; and store, in a memory, the first and second depth measurements.

    Adaptive Sensor Data Acquisition
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240359508A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18140727

    申请日:2023-04-28

    CPC classification number: B60C11/246 G01M17/027

    Abstract: A method includes: monitoring sensor data including one or more representations of a treaded surface captured by a device; detecting, based on the sensor data, that the device has traversed a boundary of the treaded surface; in response to detecting that the device has traversed the boundary, determining a scan trigger point within the one or more representations; and generating a profile of the treaded surface from the one or more representations based on the scan trigger point.

    System and Method for Extracting Target Data from Labels

    公开(公告)号:US20210326630A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US16852248

    申请日:2020-04-17

    Abstract: A computing device for extracting target data from a source document includes: a memory storing target data extraction rules; a processor connected with the memory, the processor configured to: obtain text recognition data extracted from an image of the source document, the text recognition data indicating locations of text structures in the source document; define text lines based on the text recognition data; identify a reference string from the text recognition data; select a subset of the text lines based on a location of the reference string and the target data extraction rules; and output the subset of the text lines as the target data.

    Automated audio assembly performance assessment

    公开(公告)号:US11115766B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-07

    申请号:US16885489

    申请日:2020-05-28

    Abstract: A computing device includes: a memory storing an audio sequence and a reference attribute associated with playback of the audio sequence; a speaker; a microphone; an audio enclosure supporting the speaker and the microphone; a processor configured to: simultaneously (i) control the speaker to play the audio sequence, and (ii) control the microphone to capture a test recording corresponding to playback of the audio sequence; based on a comparison of the reference attribute to a test attribute associated with the test recording, detect occlusion of the audio enclosure; and in response to detecting occlusion of the audio enclosure, generate a notification message.

    COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING SENSOR OBSTRUCTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20200302624A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-24

    申请号:US16359727

    申请日:2019-03-20

    Abstract: A method of detecting sensor obstructions in a computing device includes: at an emitter, emitting a beam of light through a scan window toward a treaded surface; at an image sensor, for a sequence of positions of the computing device along the treaded surface: capturing a sequence of images corresponding to the sequence of positions, each image in the sequence having a first region and a second region; wherein the first regions depict a first subset of reflections of the beam of light originating from a first depth range; and wherein the second regions depict a second subset of the reflections originating from a second depth range; at a controller: receiving the sequence of images; determining, based on the second regions, whether an intensity of the second subset of the reflections exceeds a occlusion threshold; and when the determination is affirmative, generating an alert indicating obstruction of the scan window.

    Method and apparatus for decoding spatially related indicia

    公开(公告)号:US10558831B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-11

    申请号:US16214740

    申请日:2018-12-10

    Abstract: A method of decoding spatially related indicia includes: at an imaging controller, controlling an image sensor to capture an image containing a plurality of indicia; at the imaging controller, detecting image positions of each of the indicia; at the imaging controller, for each of a plurality of indicia pairs: determining whether the image positions of the indicia in the pair have a predefined spatial relationship; and responsive to determining that the indicia in the pair have the predefined spatial relationship, presenting (i) values decoded from the indicia in the pair, and (ii) an indicator that the decoded values are related.

    Optical divider for multi-field of view camera

    公开(公告)号:US12143715B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-12

    申请号:US17951965

    申请日:2022-09-23

    Abstract: A computing device includes: a housing having a plurality of sides defining a housing interior; a first outer lens disposed on a first side of the housing; a second outer lens disposed on a second side of the housing; an image sensor in the housing interior, the image sensor having first and second capture regions; an optical divider in the housing interior, the optical divider configured to (i) direct light from the first outer lens along a first optical path, and (ii) direct light from the second outer lens along a second optical path; and a lens assembly between the optical divider and the image sensor, the lens assembly configured to (i) focus light received along the first optical path onto the first capture region of the image sensor, and (ii) focus light received along the second optical path onto the second capture region of the image sensor.

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