Integrated Camera System Having Two Dimensional Image Capture and Three Dimensional Time-of-Flight Capture With A Partitioned Field of View
OwnerJamyuen Ko, Chung Chun Waninventors
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Abstract
An apparatus is described that includes an integrated two-dimensional image capture and three-dimensional time-of-flight depth capture system. The three-dimensional time-of-flight depth capture system includes an illuminator to generate light. The illuminator includes arrays of light sources. Each of the arrays is dedicated to a particular different partition within a partitioned field of view of the illuminator.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- identifying a sub-region of interest within a field of view of an illuminator of a depth camera;
- identifying a subset of a plurality of arrays of light sources that are associated with the illuminator and that are each associated with the sub-region of interest;
- selecting a sequence with which to individually activate each array of light sources of the subset;
- and
- individually activating each array of light sources of the subset according to the sequence.
A system comprising:
- one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a sub-region of interest within a field of view of an illuminator of a depth camera;
- identifying a subset of a plurality of arrays of light sources that are associated with the illuminator and that are each associated with the sub-region of interest;
- selecting a sequence with which to individually activate each array of light sources of the subset;
- and
- individually activating each array of light sources of the subset according to the sequence.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a sub-region of interest within a field of view of an illuminator of a depth camera;
- identifying a subset of a plurality of arrays of light sources that are associated with the illuminator and that are each associated with the sub-region of interest;
- selecting a sequence with which to individually activate each array of light sources of the subset;
- and
- individually activating each array of light sources of the subset according to the sequence.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a command to illuminate a particular partition of a partitioned field of view of an illuminator;
- enable an array of light sources that is dedicated to the particular partition;
- collect light from the light source array and direct the collected light toward the partition to illuminate the partition;
- detect at least a portion of the light after it has been reflected from an object of interest within the partition and compare respective arrival times of the light against emission times of the light to generate depth information of the object of interest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.