Extended range gated time of flight camera
US9874630B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/73
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A gated time of flight (GT-TOF) range camera that transmits a plurality of light pulses to illuminate features in a scene and gates ON a photosensor in the camera for one multi-exposure gate having a plurality of exposure periods following each of the plurality of light pulses to register amounts of light reflected by features in the scene from the light pulses and uses the registered amounts of light to determine distances to the features.
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