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Using super imposition to render a 3D depth map

US10979687B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Peter Shintani · San Diego, US
Jose Omar Gonzalez Hernandez · Chula Vista, US
William Clay · San Diego, US
Pablo Espinosa · Pleasanton, US
Fred Ansfield · San Diego, US
Bibhudendu Mohapatra · San Diego, US
Keith Resch · San Diego, US
Morio Usami · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 3, 2017
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 23, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N23/11
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Each of plural devices includes a laser emitter and a camera for detecting reflections of laser light emitted by the device, so that plural of the devices can generate their own depth maps showing images within the field of view of their cameras. The resolution of each depth map may be improved by accessing a data store of prior images of objects and combining the prior images using super-resolution with current images of the depth maps.

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