Ir signal capture for images

An apparatus to determine a depth of one or more objects within a region, comprising:

• an image capturing device configured to capture an image of the region;
• a processor configured to determine the depth of one or more objects within the region based at least in part on the captured image of the region;
• a first infrared (IR) emitter configured to at least partially illuminate an object within the region, wherein a shadow region is created proximate to the object;
• and
• a second IR emitter configured to at least partially illuminate the shadow region to facilitate depth determination within the shadow region.

A method to determine a depth of one or more objects within a region, comprising:

• capturing an image of the region;
• determining the depth of one or more objects within the region based at least in part on the captured image of the region;
• at least partially illuminating an object within the region with a first infrared (IR) emitter, wherein a shadow region is created proximate to the object;
• and
• at least partially illuminating the shadow region with a second IR emitter to facilitate depth determination within the shadow region.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, if executed by a machine, result in determining a depth of one or more objects within a region by:

• capturing an image of the region;
• determining the depth of one or more objects within the region based at least in part on the captured image of the region;
• at least partially illuminating an object within the region with a first infrared (IR) emitter, wherein a shadow region is created proximate to the object;
• and
• at least partially illuminating the shadow region with a second IR emitter to facilitate depth determination within the shadow region.

An apparatus, comprising:

• an image capturing device configured to capture an image of a region;
• and
• an array of infrared (IR) emitters configured to at least partially illuminate one or more objects within the region;
• wherein imagining capturing device is capable of capturing a first image of the region when a first subset of the array of IR emitters are activated a second subset of the array of IR emitters are off to at least partially illuminate the one or more objects within the region, wherein one or more shadows are created proximate to the one or more objects;
• and
• wherein the imaging capturing device is capable of capturing a second image of the region when a second subset of the array of IR emitters are activated and a second subset of the array of IR emitters are off to at least partially illuminate the one or more objects with the region, wherein the one or more shadows are at least partially eliminated.