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Generating 3D depth map using parallax

US10979695B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Peter Shintani · San Diego, US
Morio Usami · Tokyo, JP
Kazuyuki Shikama · Tokyo, JP
Keith Resch · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/10028
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Parallax views of objects are used to generate 3D depth maps of the objects using time of flight (TOF) information. In this way, the deleterious effects of multipath interference can be reduced to improve 3D depth map accuracy without using computationally intensive algorithms.

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