Camera having a through the lens pixel illuminator
    1.
    发明授权
    Camera having a through the lens pixel illuminator 有权
    相机具有通过透镜像素照明器

    公开(公告)号:US07355648B1

    公开(公告)日:2008-04-08

    申请号:US10332643

    申请日:2000-07-09

    IPC分类号: H04N5/222 G03B15/02

    摘要: A camera comprising: a photosurface comprising light sensitive pixels that generate signals responsive to light incident thereon and optics that focus an image of a scene onto the photosurface; and an illumination system for illuminating the scene, the illumination system comprising: an illuminator having a plurality of substantially contiguous, independently controllable light providing regions; optics that focuses an image or the illuminator on the scene so that light from the illuminator illuminates substantially all of and substantially only the field of view of the camera; and a controller that controls light provided by each light providing region.

    摘要翻译: 一种照相机,包括:光敏面,其包含响应于入射在其上的光的光敏元件和将场景的图像聚焦到光敏面上的光学元件; 以及用于照亮场景的照明系统,所述照明系统包括:照明器,具有多个基本相邻的独立可控的光提供区域; 将图像或照明器聚焦在场景上的光学元件,使得来自照明器的光基本上照亮基本上照相机的所有视场; 以及控制器,其控制由每个光提供区域提供的光。

    Self gating photosurface
    2.
    发明授权
    Self gating photosurface 失效
    自动门控光面

    公开(公告)号:US07202898B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-10

    申请号:US09868405

    申请日:1998-12-16

    IPC分类号: H04N5/335 G01C3/08 G01N21/86

    摘要: A semiconductor surface is provided comprising a plurality of light sensitive pixels wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises an electronic circuit formed on or in the semiconductor surface, the circuit comprising: a photosensor that generates a signal responsive to light incident thereon at an output thereof; and circuitry that provides a signal responsive to a time lapse between a first time responsive to said signal and a reference time. There is also provided a 3D camera incorporating the semiconductor surface.

    摘要翻译: 提供了包括多个光敏像素的半导体表面,其中多个像素中的每个像素包括形成在半导体表面上或半导体表面中的电子电路,该电路包括:光电传感器,其产生响应于在其上输出的光的信号 的; 以及电路,其响应于响应于所述信号的第一时间与参考时间之间的时间间隔而提供响应。 还提供了结合半导体表面的3D照相机。

    Method and apparatus for providing adaptive illumination
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for providing adaptive illumination 失效
    提供自适应照明的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06993255B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-31

    申请号:US10332646

    申请日:2001-07-09

    IPC分类号: G03B15/03 F21V1/00 B60Q1/08

    摘要: An illumination system (20, 72, 110, 142) for illuminating a scene comprising: an illuminator (24, 74, 116) having a plurality of substantially contiguous independently controllable light (26, 76) providing regions each of which provides light that illuminates a different region of the scene; optics (30) that directs light from the illuminator to the scene; a range finder (22, 64, 112) that determines distances to regions of the scene; and a controller (28, 29, 118) that controls the plurality of light providing regions to provide light for illuminating the scene responsive to distances determined by the range finder (22, 64, 112).

    摘要翻译: 一种用于照亮场景的照明系统(20,72,110,142),包括:具有多个基本相邻的可独立控制的光(26,76)的照明器(24,74,116),其提供各自提供照明的光的区域 场景的不同区域; 将来自照明器的光引导到场景的光学器件(30); 确定到场景区域的距离的测距仪(22,64,112); 以及控制器(28,29,118),其控制所述多个光提供区域以响应于由所述测距仪(22,64,112)确定的距离来提供用于照亮所述场景的光。

    Optical modulator
    5.
    发明授权
    Optical modulator 失效
    光调制器

    公开(公告)号:US06999219B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-14

    申请号:US10470826

    申请日:2001-02-14

    IPC分类号: G02F1/01

    CPC分类号: B82Y20/00 G02F1/017

    摘要: Provided is an optical modulator for modulating light comprising: a superlattice structure having a plurality of interleaved narrow and wide bandgap semiconductor layers, wherein wave functions of energy states of electrons and holes in different narrow bandgap layers are coupled; and a power supply that applies voltage to the superlattice structure between a first non-zero voltage and a second non-zero voltage to modulate the light.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于调制光的光调制器,包括:具有多个交错的窄带宽宽带隙半导体层的超晶格结构,其中耦合不同窄带隙层中的电子和空穴的能态的波函数; 以及在第一非零电压和第二非零电压之间向超晶格结构施加电压以调制光的电源。

    3D imaging system
    6.
    发明授权
    3D imaging system 有权
    3D成像系统

    公开(公告)号:US07224384B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-29

    申请号:US10070774

    申请日:1999-09-08

    IPC分类号: H04N9/04 H04N5/225

    摘要: An optical imaging system comprising: a taking lens system that collects light from a scene being imaged with the optical imaging system; a 3D camera comprising at least one photosurface that receives light from the taking lens system simultaneously from all points in the scene and provides data for generating a depth map of the scene responsive to the light; and an imaging camera comprising at least one photosurface that receives light from the taking lens system and provides a picture of the scene responsive to the light.

    摘要翻译: 一种光学成像系统,包括:拍摄透镜系统,其从利用所述光学成像系统成像的场景中收集光; 一种3D照相机,包括至少一个光面,其从场景中的所有点同时接收来自拍摄镜头系统的光,并提供用于响应于光产生场景的深度图的数据; 以及成像相机,包括至少一个光接收器,其接收来自拍摄透镜系统的光并响应于光提供场景的图片。

    Compartmentalizing focus area within field of view
    9.
    发明授权
    Compartmentalizing focus area within field of view 有权
    视野内的分区重点领域

    公开(公告)号:US08654152B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-18

    申请号:US12819414

    申请日:2010-06-21

    IPC分类号: G09G5/00

    摘要: A system and method are disclosed for selectively focusing on certain areas of interest within an imaged scene to gain more image detail within those areas. In general, the present system identifies areas of interest from received image data, which may for example be detected areas of movement within the scene. The system then focuses on those areas by providing more detail in the area of interest. This may be accomplished by a number of methods, including zooming in on the image, increasing pixel density of the image and increasing the amount of light incident on the object in the image.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种系统和方法,用于选择性地聚焦在成像场景内的某些感兴趣区域,以在这些区域内获得更多的图像细节。 通常,本系统从接收的图像数据中识别感兴趣的区域,其可以例如是场景内的检测到的移动区域。 然后系统通过在感兴趣的领域提供更多细节来关注这些领域。 这可以通过多种方法来实现,包括放大图像,增加图像的像素密度和增加入射到图像上物体的光量。