Depth image provision apparatus and method
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorNizan Horesh
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Abstract
Apparatuses, methods and storage media for providing a depth image of an object are described. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include a projector to project a light pattern on an object, and to move the projected light pattern over the object, to swipe the object with the light pattern, and a camera coupled with the projector. The camera may include a dynamic vision sensor (DVS) device, to capture changes in at least some image elements that correspond to an image of the object, during the swipe of the object with the light pattern. The apparatus may further include a processor coupled with the projector and the camera, to generate a depth image of the object, based at least in part on the changes in the at least some image elements. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a projector to project a light pattern on an object, and to move the projected light pattern over the object, so as to swipe the object with the light pattern;
- a camera coupled with the projector, wherein the camera includes a dynamic vision sensor (DVS) device, to capture changes in at least some image elements that correspond to an image of the object, during the swipe of the object with the light pattern;
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- a processor coupled with the projector and the camera, to generate a depth image of the object, based at least in part on the changes in the at least some image elements.
A computing device-implemented method, comprising:
- initiating, by a computing device, a projector to project a light pattern on an object, including causing the projector to move the light pattern across the object, so as to swipe the object with the light pattern;
- causing, by the computing device, a camera with a dynamic vision sensor (DVS) device to capture changes in at least some image elements that correspond to an image of the object, during the swipe of the object with the light pattern with the projector;
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- generating, by the computing device, a depth image of the object, based at least in part on the changes in the at least some image elements.
One or more non-transitory computing device-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution on a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- initiate a projector to project a light pattern on an object, wherein to initiate includes to cause the projector to move the light pattern across the object, so as to swipe the object with the light pattern;
- initiate, substantially simultaneously, a camera with a dynamic vision sensor (DVS) device, to capture changes in at least some image elements that correspond to an image of the object, during the swipe of the object with the light pattern with the projector;
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- generate a depth image of the object, based at least in part on the changes in the at least some image elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.