Remote control of projection and camera system
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsNavid Poulad, Colter Earl Cederlof, Juli Anna Maria Satoh, Robert Allen Yuan, Steve Anthony Quento
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Abstract
A device includes a projection and camera system to create an augmented reality environment in which images are projected onto a scene and user movement within the scene is captured. The projection and camera system have a camera to image scattered IR light from the scene and compute time of flight values used in depth mapping of objects in the room. The system also has a projector to project the images onto the scene. The system controls the camera and projector mounted in a moveable head of a lamp with a motor mounted elsewhere in the lamp. In one implementation, the motor is mounted in the base of a table lamp.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- projecting, by a device into an environment, light from a projector in a head structure of the device;
- receiving reflected light at a sensor in the head structure along an optical path in the head structure shared in common by the sensor and the projector, the reflected light being light reflected by one or more objects in the environment;
- determining, by the device, distance information of the one or more objects relative to the sensor, the distance information being based at least in part on the reflected light;
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- adjusting, by the device using a motor residing in a base structure of the device, a position of the head structure or a component housed in the head structure based at least in part on a first distance information associated with a first object of the one or more objects.
A method comprising:
- receiving reflected light at a sensor in a head structure of a device, the reflected light being light reflected from one or more objects;
- determining, by the device, distance information of the one or more objects relative to the sensor, the distance information being based at least in part on the reflected light;
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- adjusting, by the device using a motor residing in a base structure of the device, a position of the head structure or a component housed in the head structure based at least in part on a first distance information associated with a first object of the one or more objects.
A device comprising:
- a head structure;
- a base structure connected to the head structure;
- a sensor housed in the head structure to receive reflected light, the reflected light being light reflected by one or more objects external to the device;
- a processor, housed in one of the head structure or the base structure, to determine distance information of the one or more objects relative to the sensor, the distance information determined based at least in part on the reflected light;
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- a drive mechanism to receive instructions from the processor to adjust a position of the head structure based at least in part on a first distance information associated with a first object of the one or more objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.