Lighting Control of a User Environment via a Display Device
    83.
    发明申请
    Lighting Control of a User Environment via a Display Device 有权
    通过显示设备照明控制用户环境

    公开(公告)号:US20070279427A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-06

    申请号:US11624886

    申请日:2007-01-19

    申请人: Richard Marks

    发明人: Richard Marks

    IPC分类号: G09G5/00

    摘要: A system and method for controlling lighting conditions in a user environment in the context of an image capture device are disclosed. An inner frame area and an outer frame area adjust certain lighting conditions in the user environment in response to certain lighting conditions detected by the image capture device. The frame areas may be dynamically controlled as to affect the brightness and/or color of the particular user environment.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于在图像捕获装置的上下文中控制用户环境中的照明条件的系统和方法。 内部框架区域和外部框架区域响应于由图像捕获装置检测到的某些照明条件来调整用户环境中的某些照明条件。 可以动态地控制帧区域以影响特定用户环境的亮度和/或颜色。

    Systems and methods of generating Z-buffers for an image capture device of a camera
    85.
    发明申请
    Systems and methods of generating Z-buffers for an image capture device of a camera 有权
    为相机的图像捕获设备生成Z缓冲器的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070098388A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-03

    申请号:US11261276

    申请日:2005-10-28

    IPC分类号: G03B13/00

    摘要: Systems and methods for implementing Z-buffer generation in a camera are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment the method may comprise exposing a plurality of pixels on an image capture device to a modulated light signal reflected from different regions of a scene adjacent a camera after different delays. The method may also comprise correlating intensity of the modulated light signal received by the image capture device for each the different delays to determine a flight time of the modulated light signal. The method may also comprise generating a Z-buffer corresponding to the different regions of the scene based on the correlation.

    摘要翻译: 公开了在相机中实现Z缓冲器生成的系统和方法。 在示例性实施例中,该方法可以包括将图像捕获装置上的多个像素暴露于在不同延迟之后从邻近相机的场景的不同区域反射的调制光信号。 该方法还可以包括对由每个不同延迟对图像捕获装置接收的调制光信号的强度进行相关,以确定调制光信号的飞行时间。 该方法还可以包括基于相关性来生成对应于场景的不同区域的Z缓冲器。

    3D Vision On A Chip
    86.
    发明申请
    3D Vision On A Chip 失效
    3D视觉芯片

    公开(公告)号:US20070091175A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-26

    申请号:US11612021

    申请日:2006-12-18

    IPC分类号: H04N13/02 H04N7/18

    摘要: A 3D camera for determining distances to regions in a scene comprising: a photosurface having a plurality of pixels each of which comprises a circuit having a light sensitive element that provides a current responsive to light incident thereon, wherein the circuit comprises, at least one amplifier inside the pixel, having an input and an output; at least one feedback capacitor separate from the light sensitive element and connected between the input and output of each of the at least one amplifier; at least one controllable connection through which current flows from the light sensitive element into the input of the at least one amplifier; a light source; and, a controller that, controls the light source to illuminate the scene with light, opens and closes the at least one controllable connection to gate or modulate current from the light sensitive element of a pixel in the photosurface responsive to the time dependence of the gating or modulation of the light, controls the at least one controllable connection to provide a current for correcting biases caused by at least one of background light or dark current, and determines a distance to a region imaged on the pixel responsive to an amount of charge integrated on the feedback capacitor responsive to the gated or modulated current and the corrected biases.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于确定与场景中的区域的距离的3D照相机,包括:具有多个像素的光敏面,每个像素包括具有响应于入射在其上的光的电流的光敏元件的电路,其中所述电路包括:至少一个放大器 在像素内部,具有输入和输出; 至少一个反馈电容器与所述光敏元件分离并连接在所述至少一个放大器中的每一个的输入和输出之间; 电流从所述光敏元件流过所述至少一个放大器的输入的至少一个可控制的连接; 光源; 以及控制器,其用光来控制光源照亮场景,响应于门控器的时间依赖性而打开和关闭至少一个可控制的连接以对来自光敏面中的像素的光敏元件进行栅极或调制电流 或调制光,控制至少一个可控连接以提供用于校正由背景光或暗电流中的至少一个引起的偏差的电流,并且响应于电荷量积分确定到成像在像素上的区域的距离 在反馈电容器上响应门控或调制电流和校正偏差。

    Adaptive optical plane formation with rolling shutter

    公开(公告)号:US20060291844A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-28

    申请号:US11165992

    申请日:2005-06-24

    申请人: Hannu Kakkori

    发明人: Hannu Kakkori

    IPC分类号: G03B3/00 G03B41/00

    摘要: A scene is imaged by moving an optical lens relative to an image sensing surface (such as film or a pixel array) synchronously with exposing different portions of the image sensing surface. The synchronous actions are preferably adaptable to the scene being imaged, so objects at different object distances are focused at different times and exposed to different portions of the sensing surface at different times within an exposure frame period. Exposure time for the different portions of the sensor may be varied according to speed or brightness of the different objects in the scene to be imaged, as detected at the camera by measuring apparatus similar to auto focus distance measuring apparatus. A camera and a program of computer readable instructions are also detailed. Alternatives to moving the lens relative to the image sensing surface include changing a shape of the lens.

    Graded zooming
    88.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US07035479B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-25

    申请号:US10080763

    申请日:2002-02-22

    IPC分类号: G06K9/32

    摘要: A system for increasing the resolution in the far field resolution of video or still frame images, while maintaining full coverage in the near field. The system includes a camera connected to a computer. The computer applies a specific zooming scale factor to each of line of pixels and continuously increases the scale factor of the line of pixels from the bottom to the top to capture the scene in the near field, yet maintain resolution in the scene in the far field.

    Single chip red, green, blue, distance (RGB-Z) sensor
    89.
    发明申请
    Single chip red, green, blue, distance (RGB-Z) sensor 有权
    单芯红色,绿色,蓝色,距离(RGB-Z)传感器

    公开(公告)号:US20050285966A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-29

    申请号:US11044996

    申请日:2005-01-26

    摘要: An RGB-Z sensor is implementable on a single IC chip. A beam splitter such as a hot mirror receives and separates incoming first and second spectral band optical energy from a target object into preferably RGB image components and preferably NIR Z components. The RGB image and Z components are detected by respective RGB and NIR pixel detector array regions, which output respective image data and Z data. The pixel size and array resolutions of these regions need not be equal, and both array regions may be formed on a common IC chip. A display using the image data can be augmented with Z data to help recognize a target object. The resultant structure combines optical efficiency of beam splitting with the simplicity of a single IC chip implementation. A method of using the single chip red, green, blue, distance (RGB-Z) sensor is also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: RGB-Z传感器可在单个IC芯片上实现。 诸如热反射镜的分束器接收并将来自目标物体的进入的第一和第二光谱带光能分解成优选的RGB图像分量,并且优选地将NIR Z分量分离。 RGB图像和Z分量由相应的RGB和NIR像素检测器阵列区域检测,其输出相应的图像数据和Z数据。 这些区域的像素尺寸和阵列分辨率不必相等,并且两个阵列区域可以形成在公共IC芯片上。 使用图像数据的显示可以用Z数据来增强以帮助识别目标对象。 所得到的结构结合了光束分离的光学效率和单个IC芯片实现的简单性。 还公开了使用单芯片红,绿,蓝,距离(RGB-Z)传感器的方法。

    Method and system for creating event data and making same available to be served
    90.
    发明申请
    Method and system for creating event data and making same available to be served 有权
    用于创建事件数据并使其可用的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20050277466A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-15

    申请号:US10854624

    申请日:2004-05-26

    申请人: Timothy Lock

    发明人: Timothy Lock

    IPC分类号: G06F17/00 G06F19/00 G06T7/00

    摘要: A method and system for creating event data including 3-D data representing at least one participant in an event and making the event data available to be served is provided. The system includes a communications network. A plurality of camera units are coupled to the communications network. The camera units are configured and installed at an event venue to generate a plurality of images from waves which propagate from objects in the event and includes the at least one participant in a plurality of non-parallel detector planes spaced about the event venue. The camera units include a plurality of detectors for measuring energy in the images in the detector planes to produce a plurality of signals obtained from different directions with respect to the at least one participant and a plurality of signal processors to process the plurality of signals from the plurality of detectors with at least one control algorithm to obtain image data. A processor subsystem is coupled to the communications network to process the image data to obtain the event data including the 3-D data. A server, which includes a data engine, is in communication with the processor subsystem through the communications network. The server is configured to receive the event data including the 3-D data from the processor subsystem and to make the event data available to be served.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种创建事件数据的方法和系统,该事件数据包括表示事件中的至少一个参与者的3-D数据,并使事件数据可供服务。 该系统包括通信网络。 多个相机单元耦合到通信网络。 相机单元被配置和安装在事件场所处,以从事件中的对象传播的波形生成多个图像,并且包括在事件场所间隔开的多个非平行检测器平面中的至少一个参与者。 相机单元包括多个检测器,用于测量检测器平面中的图像中的能量,以产生相对于至少一个参与者从不同方向获得的多个信号;以及多个信号处理器,用于处理来自 多个具有至少一个控制算法的检测器来获得图像数据。 处理器子系统耦合到通信网络以处理图像数据以获得包括3-D数据的事件数据。 包括数据引擎的服务器通过通信网络与处理器子系统通信。 服务器被配置为从处理器子系统接收包括3-D数据的事件数据,并使事件数据可供服务。