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Imaging system using structured light for depth recovery

US10410366B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Francesco Michielin · Stuttgart, DE
Paul Springer · Stuttgart, DE
Thimo Emmerich · Stuttgart, DE
Zoltan Facius · Stuttgart, DE
Piergiorgio Sartor · Fellbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2016
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 16, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N23/555
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging system includes an optical unit that captures, from a scene, sets of first images as well as sets of second images. The scene is illuminated with non-structured light when the sets of first images are captured and illuminated with structured light when the sets of second images are captured. A pattern processing unit generates, from the second images, a recovered shadow pattern from a shadow pattern projected onto the scene during illumination with structured light, wherein at least one motion-compensated reference image is used. A depth processing unit obtains depth information on the basis of the recovered shadow pattern.

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