Imaging system with synchronized dynamic control of directable beam light source and reconfigurably masked photo-sensor
US10359277B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 15, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N13/398
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An energy optimized imaging system that includes a light source that has the ability to illuminate specific pixels in a scene, and a sensor that has the ability to capture light with specific pixels of its sensor matrix, temporally synchronized such that the sensor captures light only when the light source is illuminating pixels in the scene.
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