STRUCTURED LIGHT PROJECTION
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2019045645A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-07

    申请号:PCT/SG2018/050433

    申请日:2018-08-28

    Inventor: ROSSI, Markus

    Abstract: A structured light projection system includes an array of light emitting elements operable, collectively, to emit a regular pattern of light. A first optical element is configured to alter the pattern of light emitted by the array of light emitting elements to generate a first irregular pattern of light, and a second optical element is configured to receive the irregular pattern of light generated by the first optical element and to produce a pattern comprising multiple instances of the first irregular pattern.

    ENHANCED DISTANCE DATA ACQUISITION
    4.
    发明申请
    ENHANCED DISTANCE DATA ACQUISITION 审中-公开
    增强距离数据采集

    公开(公告)号:WO2017082826A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-18

    申请号:PCT/SG2016/050558

    申请日:2016-11-10

    Abstract: A distance acquisition method comprising: initializing an optical ranging system, the optical ranging system including a plurality of pixels operable to covert incident light to electrical charges; collecting electrical charges with the plurality of exposed pixels over an integration time, each pixel collecting electrical charges with an amplification and a sensitivity; correlating the electrical charges collected in each pixel to an exposure value for each pixel, the exposure value corresponding to being adequately exposed, over-exposed, or under-exposed; identifying each exposure value for each pixel as being either valid or invalid, wherein a valid exposure value corresponds to an adequately exposed pixel and an invalid exposure value corresponds to an over-exposed or under-exposed pixel; totalling the number of valid exposure value pixels; totalling the number invalid exposure value pixels; determining an exposure ratio, the ratio being the number of pixels with valid exposure values divided by the number of pixels with invalid exposure values; totalling the number of over-exposed pixels; totalling the number of under-exposed pixels; determining an invalid exposure ratio, the invalid exposure ratio being the number of over-exposed pixels divided by the number of under-exposed pixels; and determining an average valid exposure value, the average valid exposure value being the average of the valid exposure values. The method additionally comprises: using the exposure ratio, the invalid exposure ratio and the average valid exposure to optimise the integration time; using the exposure value for each pixel to optimise the amplification and sensitivity for each pixel; and determining distance data from electrical charges collected from at least one of the plurality of pixels.

    Abstract translation: 一种距离获取方法,包括:初始化光学测距系统,所述光学测距系统包括可操作以将入射光转换成电荷的多个像素; 在积分时间内用所述多个暴露像素收集电荷,每个像素以放大和灵敏度收集电荷; 将在每个像素中收集的电荷与每个像素的曝光值关联,所述曝光值对应于充分曝光,过度曝光或曝光不足; 识别每个像素的每个曝光值为有效或无效,其中有效曝光值对应于充分曝光的像素,并且无效曝光值对应于过度曝光或曝光不足的像素; 合计有效曝光值像素的数量; 合计无效曝光值像素的数量; 确定曝光比率,所述比率是具有有效曝光值的像素的数量除以具有无效曝光值的像素的数量; 合计过度曝光像素的数量; 总计曝光不足的像素数量; 确定无效曝光比率,所述无效曝光比率是过曝光像素的数量除以曝光不足像素的数量; 并确定平均有效曝光值,平均有效曝光值是有效曝光值的平均值。 该方法还包括:使用曝光比率,无效曝光比率和平均有效曝光来优化积分时间; 使用每个像素的曝光值来优化每个像素的放大率和灵敏度; 以及确定从多个像素中的至少一个收集的电荷的距离数据。

    ILLUMINATION MODULES FOR TRANSLATING LIGHT
    5.
    发明申请
    ILLUMINATION MODULES FOR TRANSLATING LIGHT 审中-公开
    转换灯的照明模块

    公开(公告)号:WO2017039536A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-09

    申请号:PCT/SG2016/050412

    申请日:2016-08-25

    Abstract: This disclosure relates to illumination modules operable to increase the area over which an illumination source, such as a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser or light-emitting diode, illuminates. Such illumination modules include a substrate having electrical contacts, an illumination source electrically connected to the substrate, a collimation assembly operable to collimate the light generated from the illumination source, a translation assembly operable to translate light over an area, and a mask assembly. In various implementations the illumination source may be rather small in area, thereby reducing the cost of the illumination module. Some implementations of the illumination module can be used for the acquisition of three-dimensional data in some cases, while in other cases some implementations of the illumination module can be used for other applications requiring projected light.

    Abstract translation: 本公开涉及可操作以增加照明源(例如垂直腔表面发射激光器或发光二极管)照明的区域的照明模块。 这种照明模块包括具有电触点的基板,电连接到基板的照明源,准直组件,其可操作以准直由照明源产生的光,平移组件,可操作以在一个区域上平移光,以及掩模组件。 在各种实现中,照明源的面积可能相当小,从而降低照明模块的成本。 在某些情况下,照明模块的一些实施方案可用于采集三维数据,而在其它情况下,照明模块的一些实施方式可用于需要投射光的其它应用。

    OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING A SPACER ADHERING DIRECTLY TO A SUBSTRATE
    6.
    发明申请
    OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING A SPACER ADHERING DIRECTLY TO A SUBSTRATE 审中-公开
    光学组件,包括直接连接到基板的间隔器

    公开(公告)号:WO2017034483A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-02

    申请号:PCT/SG2016/050411

    申请日:2016-08-25

    CPC classification number: G02B6/43 H01L27/14625

    Abstract: This disclosure describes optical assemblies that can be fabricated, for example, using wafer-level processes. The process can include providing a wafer stack that includes an optics wafer, and molding spacers directly onto the surface of the optics wafer. The spacers can be molded, for example, using a vacuum injection technique such that they adhere to the optics wafer without adhesive.

    Abstract translation: 本公开描述了可以例如使用晶片级工艺制造的光学组件。 该方法可以包括提供包括光学晶片的晶片堆叠,以及将间隔件直接模制在光学晶片的表面上。 间隔件可以例如使用真空注射技术来模制,使得它们粘附到光学晶片而没有粘合剂。

    GENERATING A DISPARITY MAP BASED ON STEREO IMAGES OF A SCENE
    7.
    发明申请
    GENERATING A DISPARITY MAP BASED ON STEREO IMAGES OF A SCENE 审中-公开
    根据场景的立体图像生成差异地图

    公开(公告)号:WO2017014692A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-26

    申请号:PCT/SG2016/050328

    申请日:2016-07-13

    Inventor: CUTU, Florin

    CPC classification number: H04N13/239 H04N2013/0081

    Abstract: First and second stereo images are acquired. The first image is partitioned into multiple segments, wherein each segment consists of image elements that share one or more characteristics in common. A segmentation map is generated in which each of the image elements is associated with a corresponding one of the segments to which it belongs. A respective disparity value is determined for each of the segments with respect to a corresponding portion of the second image, and the disparity value determined for each particular segment is assigned to at least one image element that belongs to that segment. A disparity map indicative of the assigned disparity values can then be generated. Generating the disparity map in this manner can, in some instance, help reduce edge and/or feature thickening.

    Abstract translation: 获取第一和第二立体图像。 第一图像被分割成多个段,其中每个段由共享共同的一个或多个特征的图像元素组成。 生成分割图,其中每个图像元素与其所属的片段中的相应一个相关联。 针对每个段相对于第二图像的对应部分确定相应的视差值,并且为每个特定段确定的视差值被分配给属于该段的至少一个图像元素。 然后可以产生指示所分配的视差值的视差图。 在某些情况下,以这种方式生成视差图有助于减少边缘和/或特征增厚。

    MANUFACTURE OF OPTICAL LIGHT GUIDES
    8.
    发明申请
    MANUFACTURE OF OPTICAL LIGHT GUIDES 审中-公开
    光学指南的制造

    公开(公告)号:WO2016076797A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-19

    申请号:PCT/SG2015/050443

    申请日:2015-11-11

    Abstract: The method for manufacturing optical light guide elements comprises a) providing a plurality of initial bars, each initial bar extending along a respective initial-bar direction from a first bar end to a second bar end and having a first side face extending from the first bar end to the second bar end, the first side face being reflective; b) positioning the initial bars in a row with their respective initial-bar directions aligned parallel to each other and with their respective first surfaces facing towards a neighboring one of the initial bars; c) fixing the plurality of initial bars with respect to each other in the position achieved in step b) to obtain a bar arrangement. The method further comprises at least one of the following steps d), d'), d''): d) segmenting the bar arrangement into bars referred to as prism bars each of which comprises a portion of at least two different ones of the plurality of initial bars, by conducting a plurality of cuts through the bar arrangement; in particular wherein the cuts are parallel cuts; d') segmenting the bar arrangement into bars referred to as prism bars by separating the bar arrangement into parts along cut lines, wherein the cut lines are at an angle with the initial-bar directions; d'') segmenting the bar arrangement into bars referred to as prism bars by separating the bar arrangement into sections by creating cut faces which are at an angle with respect to the initial-bar directions. And the method further comprises e) segmenting the prism bars into parts.

    Abstract translation: 制造光导元件的方法包括:a)提供多个初始条,每个初始条沿着相应的初始条方向从第一条形端延伸到第二条形端,并且具有从第一条延伸的第一侧面 端部到第二杆端,第一侧面是反射的; b)将初始条定位成一排,其各自的初始条方向彼此平行排列并且其各自的第一表面面向相邻的一个初始条; c)在步骤b)中实现的位置中相对于彼此固定多个初始条,以获得条布置。 该方法还包括以下步骤d),d'),d“)中的至少一个:d)将条布置分割为称为棱柱的条,每条棱柱包括至少两个不同的 多个初始条,通过穿过所述条布置进行多个切割; 特别是其中切口是平行切口; d')通过将切割线与切割线分开成部分,将条布置分割成称为棱柱条的条,其中切割线与初始条方向成一角度; 通过产生相对于初始条方向成一定角度的切割面将条布置分割成多个部分,将条布置分割成称为棱柱条的条。 并且该方法还包括e)将棱镜条分割成部分。

    COMPACT, POWER-EFFICIENT STACKED BROADBAND OPTICAL EMITTERS
    9.
    发明申请
    COMPACT, POWER-EFFICIENT STACKED BROADBAND OPTICAL EMITTERS 审中-公开
    功能强大的堆叠宽带光电发射器

    公开(公告)号:WO2016048241A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-31

    申请号:PCT/SG2015/050335

    申请日:2015-09-23

    Abstract: The present disclosure describes broadband optical emission sources that include a stack of semiconductor layers, wherein each of the semiconductor layers is operable to emit light of a different respective wavelength; a light source operable to provide optical pumping for stimulated photon emission from the stack; wherein the semiconductor layers are disposed sequentially in the stack such that a first one of the semiconductor layers is closest to the light source and a last one of the semiconductor layers is furthest from the light source, and wherein each particular one of the semiconductor layers is at least partially transparent to the light generated by the other semiconductor layers that are closer to the light source than the particular semiconductor layer. The disclosure also describes various spectrometers that include a broadband optical emission device, and optionally include a tuneable wavelength filter operable to allow a selected wavelength or narrow range of wavelengths to pass through.

    Abstract translation: 本公开描述了包括半导体层堆叠的宽带光发射源,其中每个半导体层可操作地发射不同的相应波长的光; 光源,其可操作以提供来自所述堆的受激光子发射的光泵浦; 其中所述半导体层依次设置在所述堆叠中,使得所述半导体层中的第一层最靠近所述光源,并且所述半导体层中的最后一个离所述光源最远,并且其中,所述半导体层中的每个特定的一个 对于由比特定半导体层更靠近光源的其它半导体层产生的光至少部分透明。 本公开还描述了包括宽带光发射装置的各种光谱仪,并且可选地包括可调谐波长滤波器,其可操作以允许所选波长或窄波长范围通过。

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