Imaging Using Reflected Illuminated Structures

Abstract

Imagining using reflected illuminated structures (“IRIS”) in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, an IRIS device is provided, the IRIS device comprising: a projector; a camera; a processor operatively connected to the projector and the camera; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the image capture device to: project, using the projector, a plurality of illuminated structures onto an object having an optically transparent, translucent, or opaque surface; and capture, using the camera, image data comprising a reflection of the plurality of illuminated structures from the optically transparent, translucent, or opaque surface of the object.

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