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US 2019/0170878 A1Published application
Dual waveforms for three-dimensional imaging systems and methods thereof
AssigneeMunro Design & Technologies, LLC
InventorJames F. Munro
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Abstract
A three-dimensional imaging system includes an image intensification subsystem and an illumination subsystem that are both capable of operating with sinusoidal or pulsed waveforms in accordance with phase-measuring or flash modes of operation, respectfully, of the three-dimensional imaging system.
Claims18
A three-dimensional imaging system comprising:
- a light emission system configured to be modulated with a selected one a first waveform or a second waveform to output light directed at a target;
- an image capture system configured to be modulated with the selected one of the first waveform or the second waveform to obtain an image from reflected light from the output light;
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- an image processing computing device coupled to the light emission system and the image capture system and comprising a processor and a memory comprising programmed instructions stored thereon, the processor configured to be capable of executing the stored programmed instructions to:
- adjust modulation of the light emission system and the image capture system between the first waveform or the second waveform based on a level of interference in a medium in which output light is directed into for imaging;
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- generate and provide a three-dimensional image based on the adjusted modulation of the light emission system and the image capture system and the obtained reflected light from the output light.
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A method for making a three-dimensional imaging system comprising:
- providing a light emission system configured to be modulated with a selected one a first waveform or a second waveform to output light directed at a target;
- providing an image capture system configured to be modulated with the selected one of the first waveform or the second waveform to obtain an image from reflected light from the output light;
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- coupling an image processing computing device to the light emission system and the image capture system, the image processing computing device comprising a processor and a memory comprising programmed instructions stored thereon, the processor configured to be capable of executing the stored programmed instructions to:
- adjust modulation of the light emission system and the image capture system between the first waveform or the second waveform based on a level of interference in a medium in which output light is directed into for imaging;
- and
- generate and provide a three-dimensional image based on the adjusted modulation of the light emission system and the image capture system and the obtained reflected light from the output light.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.