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3-D environment sensing by means of projector and camera modules

US11073379B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH · DE

Inventors

Stefan Heinrich · Adelshofen, DE
Joachim Massen · Munich, DE
Dieter Krökel · Eriskirch, DE
Thomas Fechner · Günzburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 19, 2018
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 19, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N2013/0081
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera device for a vehicle for 3-D environment sensing includes at least two camera modules having at least partly overlapping sensing ranges, a camera control unit, an evaluation unit and a point light projector. The point light projector is arranged and configured in such a way that the point light projector projects a light pattern of measurement points into the vehicle environment. The at least two camera modules are arranged and configured in such a way that at least part of the projected light pattern is imaged in the overlapping sensing range. The evaluation unit is configured to determine the 3-D position of measurement points in the vehicle environment from image data captured with the at least two camera modules. The point light projector is configured to produce a series of “pseudo-noise patterns” as the light pattern, the “pseudo-noise patterns” being projected into the vehicle environment in temporal succession.

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