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US 2016/0260223 A1Published application
Digital camera unit with simultaneous structured and unstructured illumination
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsJuuso Gren, Tomi Sokeila, Lassi Ylä-Soininmäki, Kai Jämsä, Samuli Wallius, Antti Peräkamppi
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Abstract
An apparatus is described. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises an illumination unit configured to simultaneously illuminate a first portion of a scene with unstructured light and a second portion of the scene with structured light. The apparatus further comprises a digital image capture unit configured to capture at least one image frame of the illuminated scene.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- an illumination unit configured to simultaneously illuminate a first portion of a scene with unstructured light and a second portion of the scene with structured light;
- and
- a digital image capture unit configured to capture at least one image frame of the illuminated scene.
A system, comprising:
- an apparatus comprising a digital image capture unit;
- and
- an illumination unit configured to simultaneously illuminate a first portion of a scene with unstructured light and a second portion of the scene with structured light, the illumination unit being re-attachable to the apparatus,
- wherein the digital image capture unit is configured to capture at least one image frame of the illuminated scene.
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A method, comprising:
- illuminating, with an illumination unit, simultaneously a first portion of a scene with unstructured light and a second portion of the scene with structured light;
- and
- capturing, with a digital image capture unit, at least one image frame of the illuminated scene.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.