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Systems and methods for obtaining a structured light reconstruction of a 3D surface

US10973581B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 2017
Grant dateApr 13, 2021
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2090/373
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods for obtaining a structured light reconstruction using a hybrid spatio-temporal pattern sequence projected on a surface. The method includes projecting a structured light pattern, such as a binary de Bruijn sequence, onto a 3D surface and acquiring an image set of at least a portion of this projected sequence with a camera system, and projecting a binary edge detection pattern onto the portion of the surface and acquiring an image set of the same portion of the projected binary pattern. The acquired image set of the binary pattern is processed to determine edge locations therein, and then employed to identify the locations of pattern edges within the acquired image set of the structured light pattern. The detected edges of the structured light pattern images are employed to decode the structured light pattern and calculate a disparity map, which is used to reconstruct the 3D surface.

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