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AssigneePosition Imaging, Inc.
InventorsNarasimhachary Nallana Chakravarty, Brian Martel, Drew Anthony Schena, Bonnie B. Coffin, Estuardo Carpio
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Abstract
A system comprises a first surface; a second surface disposed opposite the first surface by a predetermined distance; and a depth-measuring system having at least one optical sensor disposed facing the first and second surfaces, the at least one optical sensor having a field of view covering at least a portion of the second surface, the at least one optical sensor being configured to measure distance to the first surface through the second surface and to measure distance to an object placed on the second surface.
Claims12
A system comprising:
- a first surface;
- a second surface disposed opposite the first surface by a predetermined distance;
- a depth-measuring system having at least one optical sensor disposed facing the first and second surfaces, the at least one optical sensor having a field of view covering at least a portion of the second surface, the at least one optical sensor being configured to measure distance to the first surface through the second surface and to measure distance to an object placed on the second surface, the depth-measuring system further including a processor in communication with the at least one optical sensor to receive the measured distances, the processor being configured to determine dimensions of the object placed on the second surface based on, in part, a difference in the measured distance to the first surface, a known distance of the second surface from the at least one optical sensor, and the measured distance to the object on the second surface.
A system comprising:
- a non-textured surface;
- and
- a depth-measuring system having at least one optical sensor disposed at a predetermined distance from the surface, the at least one optical sensor having a field of view covering at least a portion of the surface, the at least one optical sensor being configured to measure depth information where an object appears on the surface and to measure no depth information where the object does not appear on the surface, the depth-measuring system further including a processor in communication with the at least one optical sensor to receive the measured depth information, the processor being configured to determine dimensions of the object placed on the surface based on, in part, a difference in the known distance of the surface from the at least one optical sensor and the measured depth information to the object on the surface.
A system comprising:
- a surface having an infrared (IR) absorbent coating;
- and
- a depth-measuring system having at least one optical sensor disposed at a predetermined distance from the surface, the at least one optical sensor having a field of view covering at least a portion of the surface, the at least one optical sensor being configured to measure depth information where an object appears on the surface and to measure no depth information where the object does not appear on the surface, the depth-measuring system further including a processor in communication with the at least one optical sensor to receive the measured depth
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.